Axis Ballymun to host screening of Mná na Munna for International Women's Day

For International Women's Day, Axis Ballymun have announced a free screening of short film Mná na Munna, which exhibits the personal stories from the women Ballymun in north Dublin. The screening will be held tomorrow, Friday 8 March, at 11 AM in Axis Ballymun.

The film was directed by Natasha Wilson and Michelle Gifford and produced by Bread&Circus. Engaging in conversation circles, the women divulge their "experiences, challenges, inspirations, who and what motivates them and their hopes for the younger generation."

"It takes a village to raise a family, and in old Ballymun, if your own Mammy wasn't there, you knew you could knock into a neighbour, or your best friend's Mammy would look after you," says one woman. "You were reared in a community of women, and they did everything together."

"There are lots of strong women in Ballymun, when I started working in Young Ballymun, there were so many women there, [they were] well educated, but they were happy to sit and chat and talk to you and explain to you how you could aspire to do the same sort of things."

"Our age group were fighters, we fought to survive."

For more information on the screening, please visit Axis Ballymun's website. The film will also be available to view across Axis Ballymun's social channels and website.