The fight to save Marcus was co-ordinated by three mothers, Adele Grant, 40, Tina Goodyear, 49 and Jo Davis, 33, who have received support from around the world and were yesterday devastated by the decision. I don't want her being responsible for my child. It is important for everyone to move on from this issue, so the children can focus on their education.'Īfter Marcus's demise, one parent, who didn't want to be named, denounced the head, saying: 'Andrea Charman will, from this moment on, be a murderer to me. 'There is overwhelming support for the school, locally and further afield. 'The children have had a range of opportunities to discuss this issue, both in terms of the food cycle and the ethical aspect. 'When we started the farm in spring 2009, the aim was to educate the children in all aspects of farming life and everything that implies. In a statement yesterday, Mrs Charman said: 'The decision to send the lamb for meat, which has the support of the school council and staff, the governing body and the majority of parents, has now been carried out. Unrepentant: Head Andrea Charman said it is important to move on from the issue Marcus became a cause celebre among animal lovers, but the school held a vote and the majority agreed that the sheep should go to slaughter and be raffled off in order to raise money to buy piglets. They argued that the killing was distressing for the children, some of whom had bottle-fed him from birth. Last week several parents of pupils at the school began a campaign to Marcus save from the chop. What goes around comes around.'Īnd Amy Shead said of the headmistress: 'She will get her comeuppance.' Lisa Price posted: 'I am livid, the b******s killed him.
Katie Doolittle wrote: 'Let poor Marcus live and send the headmistress to the abattoir.' One by Teresa Marie Compton, read: 'Burn the school down. It is believed the threats stem from Facebook postings in which supporters on a save Marcus group made remarks including suggestions that the school be burnt down. There was no suggestion yesterday that any of the mothers behind the demonstrations had anything to do with the threats. Special thanks to Dan Gunam at Calii Love for location and production assistance and Ontario Camera for equipment assistance. Video producer: Meaghan Gable lighting and camera: Neil Hansen design: Dialla Kawar sound recording: Ida Jokinen.Can't sleep: Adele Grant, with her daughter Liberty, 10, is devastated by the slaughter of the school sheepīut last night the situation took a sinister turn as Kent Constabulary began an investigation into 'possible threats of criminal damage' against the school.Ī spokesman would not go into details but confirmed a probe was under way linked to the campaign to save Marcus. See more from Barnard and Wilson in the video above.ĭeadline Studio at TIFF 2017 is presented by Calii Love, Watford Group, Philosophy Canada, and Equinox. Already poetry was coming off the page, and I knew Clio was going to do something special with it, so I just wanted to work with her and be in that world.” “There was something very pure about these two and about this connection.
Wilson described Barnard as a visual poet. “How do you get inside somebody’s head on film? I think what Ruth is very brilliant at is nuance and rigor, really, and being very present and very strong and vulnerable simultaneously.” The director and her star consulted psychologists to tap into the emotion of memory Wilson’s character is forced to grapple with. It kind of grew away from the novel and ended up, in a way, being inspired by the novel.” “And then the financiers asked me to make it mine. It began, she said, as a faithful adaptation of Tremain’s novel. Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' Wins Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Awardīarnard joined Wilson at Deadline’s Toronto studio this week to discuss the film.
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