Masham Town Hall, Little Market Place, Masham 
19:30In 1866, the worst disaster in British mining history occurred at The Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Why did it happen? What were the effects on the community, then and up to the present? 150 years later, in 2016, director Stephen Linstead set about making a documentary film to examine these questions. With cinematographer Andy Lawrence, and animator Alan Andrews, Stephen produced The Black Snow Roadshow, a film and folk narrative with guitarist Jed Grimes, and won the BFI Award 2018 and the music won an award for excellence at the Atlanta, Georgia Film Festival. A celebration of the community spirit around the coal-mining industry, the film tells of the worst mining disaster in British history, when 361 miners and rescuers were killed by an explosion at The Oaks Colliery, Barnsley. The Black Snow of the title is the choking black dust which rained down afterwards. Visually compelling and atmospheric, using virtual reality footage to recreate the disaster, the film builds to a moving, inspirational climax.
Tickets: £12 (under-18s £5) from Masham Community Office, 01765-680200, or online at www.riponinternationalfestival.org
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