The Candle on the Hill Compilation

£62.50

Jonathan Stedall’s much acclaimed BBC series about CAMPHILL

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Year Produced: 1990
Running time: 150 minutes
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Jonathan Stedall’s much acclaimed BBC series about CAMPHILL: Camphill was founded in Scotland in 1940 by a group of refugees from Vienna. They founded a community that would challenge mental health care policies across the world. The staff lived communally and without wages; there was no going on and off duty; their aim was always to live with and not just for the mentally handicapped children and adults in their care.

Three programmes about Camphill, villages where the co-workers live and work together with people with learning disabilities, without wages or days off. They are run on the principles of Rudolf Steiner. Directed by Jonathan Stedall. Each programme can stand alone.

1. Fifty Shades of Orange: A look at Camphill’s work with children in Aberdeen, Switzerland, southern Germany and Pennsylvania, showing classroom scenes and therapy sessions, as well as the special relationship between the children. Peter, who as an autistic child appeared in the earlier series, is shown in hospital. Colour. 60 mins.

2. Botton is my Home: Shows some of the people who live at Botton Village at work making candies, dolls etc. Perfection is not the aim, but a family atmosphere of caring for each other. Colour. 50 mins.

3. Is this Work?’ Visits three Camphill communities in Pennsylvania. In a place for young people one of the workers appeared in the earlier films as a music therapist. We also see a school and a village for adults, and the film also shows Thornage Hall in Norfolk, and finishes with thoughts of a co-worker in Switzerland, who expresses the Camphill ethos of sharing on an equal footing.

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