Pavee Lackeen (The Traveller Girl)
Ten-year-old Winnie lives in shanty-town conditions without water, electricity or a toilet, on a messy Dublin industrial estate. Her mother struggles with officials to get a council house, and to get her children educated, but she gets nowhere. Winnie (played by Winnie Maughan) fetches water, wanders the streets, nicks cheap trinkets, fights kids who call her names and is excluded from school. She’d like to be something, but hasn’t a chance.
Acted by non-professionals from the Traveller community, Pavee Lackeen is gritty, painful, absorbing and utterly convincing.
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
