Film screening: A Basket Full of Eggs plus Q&A

Name: Film screening: A Basket Full of Eggs plus Q&A
Start: 2026-10-29T15:00:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-10-29T16:00:00.000+01:00
Location: Health Innovation One

Date

Thursday 29 October 2026 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location

Health Innovation One

Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4AT

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Voices with Impact

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Join us for a presentation, screening of ‘A Basket Full of Eggs’, and Q&A with the project lead, Professor Hazel Marsh.

Thursday 29th October, 3:00-4:00 pm, Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster University.

A Basket Full of Eggs (19 minutes, 2025) was made by Romani filmmaker Lisa Smith, founder of the UK’s first Romani-led production company, Patrin Films. 

The film follows the personal journey of Romani journalist Liza Mortimer as she ventures into archival collections in search of her great-grandmother, Minty Smith.

What begins as a quest for a single life story becomes a powerful revelation: a rich, interwoven legacy of Romani voices, songs, and cultural influence embedded within England’s traditional folk music.

Through rare recordings and rediscovered stories of Minty Smith and other Romani folk singers, the film illuminates the vital role that Romani communities played in preserving and shaping England’s folk traditions, long overlooked yet deeply influential.

Watch the trailer here.

Funded by the University of East Anglia’s AHRC Impact Acceleration Award, the film was nominated best activist film at the OffBeat 2026 Folk Film Festival.