Apparently Kipling is not without honour in his former home. This is an announcement for a forthcoming performance at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery in Brattleboro, Vermont.
-- Fred Lerner
Thursday April 15 at 7:00 pm
Friday & Saturday April 16 & 17 at 8:00 pm
THE CROCODILE RIVER
The Limpopo River in Southern Africa thematically brings together visiting
and local talent in a program of film, story telling, illustrations and
music. The evening centers on veteran filmmaker Robert Perkins' most recent
work, The Crocodile River. The film explores how crossing international
borders and emotional boundaries enables two people of vastly different
cultures - one American and one African - to find common ground.
One of Perkins' inspirations for the film was childhood memories of Rudyard
Kipling's story, The Elephant's Child who gets his nose pulled into a trunk
by a crocodile on "the banks of the great grey-green greasy Limpopo River."
The story will come to life as a way of introducing the film. Local artist
Ken Boyle has been commissioned to create illustrations for The Elephant's
Child. These images will be projected onto the big screen as actor Richard
Aldis, in the guise of Rudyard Kipling, reads the story. Musician John
Hughes will play the kalimba, the kora and the udu (all traditional African
instruments) in greeting the audience and accompanying the story telling.
The programming has been made possible by the generosity of Banknorth,
SAM'S, Landmark Trust USA, Jim Giddings and several anonymous donors.
Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 students and seniors
Advance tickets available at H-DT&G, by credit card (call 254-9276 or email
[log in to unmask]) and by mail (Send checks to: Wild Root Arts 139 Main
Street Brattleboro, VT 05301 with the date of the performance, the number
of each type of ticket and your phone number)
Information: 802-254-9276
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