Oscar Winner at Global Labor Film Festival

The 1941 Oscar-winning story of a close, hard-working 19th century Welsh mining family will be this year’s offering by the Barre Historical Society in the Global Labor Film Festival. “How Green Was My Valley,” based on the 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, will be shown at the historic Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street at 7 PM on Sunday, May 22 at 7 PM.

The annual Global Labor Film Festival includes venues in England, Canada, Turkey, Israel, and other countries.

Inspired by Llewellyn’s summer visits to his grandfather in the village of Gilfach Goch, Valley” chronicles the Morgan family’s life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life, and its effects on the family.

The film was directed by John Ford and features Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, and Roddy McDowall. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Supporting Actor. The film also received awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, and in 1990 was selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Admission to “How Green Was My Valley” is free. Light refreshments will be available. For more information go to http://oldlaborhall.org/, email info@oldlaborhall.org, or call (802) 479-5600.