Shooting the War : Women

Tuesday 8th March, 7.30pm

  To celebrate the global centenary of International Women’s Day, award winning director Colin Thomas presents his film about the experience of women in World War II.  As one woman remembers: “Life was better when the war came….. We were looking forward to having some fun!”

  First shown on BBC4, Colin’s film uses home movies shot in Britain and Germany to provide a strikingly different perspective on women’s roles and experience.  From Land Girls to Spitfire pilots, for many it offered opportunities they’d never seen in the 1930s.  Colin will be accompanied at the screening by two of the women from the film, Lady Ann Piper from Oxford and Pat Edmead from Bristol.  They will discuss their very different wartime experiences!

  Entry to Shooting the War: Women is free – but tickets must be booked on 0117 924 4512 or info@pieriancentre.com.  The screening is at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8th March at the Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8SA.