DIRT ASH MEAT
Watch Dirt Ash Meat on iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000m9l0/beacons-short-films-from-wales-series-1-2-dirt-ash-meat
ABOUT
During the devastating foot and mouth outbreak of 2001, Rhian and her brother Dewi struggle to keep the Welsh hill farm they inherited from their father running. As the disease reaches their doorstep Rhian tries to control her increasingly unstable brother.
Inspired by the novel “White Ravens” by Owen Sheers.
Funded by Ffilm Cymru and the BBC.
Broadcast on BBC Wales on the 4th of September 2020.
12 Minute Short.
Written and Directed by Sion Thomas
Produced by Catrin Lewis Defis
SCREENINGS
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