Telling the Welsh Story in Sky’s Save the Cinema with Director Sara Sugarman

Sky Original film was inspired by the extraordinary real-life events sparked by tenacious hairdresser Liz Evans (Samantha Morton). Taking place in 1993 in Carmarthen, Wales the town council made the unwelcome announcement that The Lyric Theatre – the town’s much-loved but financially stricken cinema – would be demolished so a shopping centre could be built in its place. Liz, a linchpin to the local community, devises a plan and barricades herself in the theatre alongside her friends to stop the council from taking the cinema away.Save the Cinema

Joining us is the film’s Director, Sara Sugarman who will be speaking with WFTV Wales Mentoring Producer and host, Hannah Corneck to discuss her vision to tell this Welsh story, her research into the movement and its people and the importance of bringing it to the big screen.

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