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Young filmmakers from Sawston have recruited Peter Harmer of Stories - Projects in Film to help them commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of their school. The Village College was created as part of a pioneering educational and social initiative conceived by Henry Morris, then Secretary of Education for Cambridgeshire. During the Great Depression, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII) toured some of the most poverty stricken areas of his father's kingdom - including Sawston, where the young Prince had the privilege of opening the first Village College in the country. Shot on a £25,000 budget from the Heritage Lottery fund, HENRY MORRIS looks at the life and legacy of the 'educator extraordinary' himself, mingling modern re-enactment with original archive footage preserved by the school.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Thursday 22nd screening.

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