Aberfan - Sorrow and the Stirring of New Life

Recollections of Life Magazine Photographer I.C. Rapoport on the  Aberfan tragedy, six weeks in a community of survivors.

CREDITS:
Blue Pencil: Mary Rapoport
Editorial Layout: I.C. Rapoport
Sound Recording and Music: Caleb Rapoport
Post Production and Editing: Benjamin Rapoport
Producer: Suzanne Grover
Original Music: "It's Not Unusual..." Performed by Tom Jones, Written by Les Reed & Gordon Mills, DECCA Records 1965

Thanks to Suzanne Grover and David Davies for inspiring this project.

SPONSORS:
Ffos-y-fran Community Benefit Fund, in association with Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

The North Glamorgan Lodge 4055

PUBLISHING:
"Stirrings of New Life Under the Menacing Coal Tip of ABERFAN"
LIFE Magazine (Jan 6, 1967)

"Fear, Sorrow and a Stirring of the Human Spirit ABERFAN"
LIFE International (Feb 6, 1967)

"ABERFAN: The Days After"
I.C. Rapoport, Parthian Books, Cardigan, Wales (2005)

Some photos first published in Jan/Feb 1967.  Many photos where exhibited at the National Library of Wales prior to this film.

The Images in this presentation are Copyrighted by I.C. Rapoport (2016)

www.icrapoport.com

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