Name: Firelight
Start: 2018-07-12T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2018-07-12T21:30:00+01:00
Location: The Boatyard Cafe

Firelight

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Firelight's back!
An informal evening around the fire, where inspiring people share real life stories. From documentary making in the Sahara, to working alongside the Dalai Lama. Grab a drink from bar, fireside fodder from the cafe and join us by the flames.
The talks will start at 7.00 pm, arrive at 6.30 in time to grab a drink and a spot by the bonfire.
 
Speakers Include ...
 
Clare Tavernor 
Clare is a Penryn based documentary filmmaker who tells character-led stories about people and places. Her most recent series, <A HREF="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b5hjt4/africa-a-journey-into-music-series-1-2-south-africa#" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Africa: A Journey Into Music</A>, aired on BBC Four in June. 
At Firelight she’ll be giving us the full making-of experience – documenting ancient melodies and contemporary conflict in Mali, meeting the man who invented the rotating guitar strap in Nigeria, and filming some of the biggest names in African music  – not to mention dealing with a very real threat of kidnapping. 
She’ll be soundtracking her talk with music from the films, on a portable turntable that somehow made it back from the Sahara desert in one piece.  
 
Simon Cohen
Simon doesn’t just share stories. He shapes them. Simon’s worked with the Dalai Lama, Gandhi’s grandson and Jedi Knights – and gave away his company for the riches of family life.
At 24, Simon set up Global Tolerance, an international communications agency, to spread messages of hope. Over the next decade, his work with the likes of the Prince of Wales, TED and the UN, reached hundreds of millions of people. A Pause for Thought contributor on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2 for two years, Simon is a deep thinker and doer. Inspired by Nelson Mandela and the legacy of love and leadership that he himself wanted to leave, he gave away his £1m company to be a stay-at-home dad. He’ll be questioning everything that we think we know about success.
 
More to be announced this week!

The Boatyard Cafe

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