Events at, or near, The Royal Oak
Yelverton & District Local History Society
Meavy Parish Hall
Tuesday 28th September 2021, 7:30pm
Okehampton: Historic gateway to Northern Dartmoor
– a talk by Andrew Thompson
Meavy Cinema
NOMADLAND
Meavy Parish Hall
Friday 8th October, 8:00pm
Licensed Bar
Doors open at 7:30pm, film starts at 8:00pm
Admission £5.00, pay at the door.
Children £2.00, must be with an adult.
Certificate: 12A, Run time: 1hr 47mins
Left with nothing but a broken heart, widowed Fern, a former substitute teacher, finds herself forced out of her home in Empire, Nevada, when the local U.S. Gypsum plant closed the mine, and with it, the town, in 2011. Faced with a bleak economic future, Fern crams her scanty, memory-laden belongings into a beat-up, second-hand van and hits the road, travelling from town to town, state to state, in search of work opportunities.
As dignified Fern adopts a nomadic, hand-to-mouth lifestyle, along the way, she meets other kindred spirits, silver-haired, fellow modern-day nomads, whose entire generation suffered a crippling blow after the 2008 financial collapse. But, when the world is collapsing around you, and memories are all we have left, is home just a word?
This is the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
See Cinema.Meavy to view the trailer.
Yelverton & District Local History Society
Meavy Parish Hall
Tuesday 19th October 2021, 7:30pm
Plymouth’s Bloody History
– a talk by Laura Quigley
Yelverton & District Local History Society
Meavy Parish Hall
Tuesday 16th November 2021, 7:30pm
Conquering the Dumnonii: new light on the Roman military deployment in South West Britain
– a talk by Dr. Chris Smart