A Basket Full of Eggs - film presentation and screening plus Q&A

Short film plus introduction and Q & A 

A Basket Full of Eggs (Lisa Smith, 2025)

This film was made by Romani filmmaker Lisa Smith, founder of the UK’s first Romani-led production company, Patrin Films. The film follows the personal journey of Romani filmmaker and advocate Liza Mortimer as she ventures into archival collections in search of her great-grandmother, Minty Smith. What begins as a quest for a single life story becomes a powerful revelation: a rich, interwoven legacy of Romani voices, songs, and cultural influence embedded within England’s traditional folk music.

Through rare recordings and rediscovered stories of Minty Smith and other Romani folk singers, the film illuminates the vital role that Romani communities played in preserving and shaping England’s folk traditions, long overlooked yet deeply influential.

Watch the trailer: https://patrinfilms.com/film-tv/film-a-basketful-of-eggs

Places are limited so please book tickets in advance to reserve a seat. Entry is £2.

Funded by the University of East Anglia’s AHRC Impact Acceleration Award, the film is nominated best activist film at the OffBeat 2026 Folk Film Festival.

The film is part of the research project Romani and Traveller Voices in Music Archives.

Further details contact: hazel.marsh@uea.ac.uk