#roger may

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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play dramatisation by Don McCamphill

Laura is a lonely girl living in a solitary castle in the south east of Austria.

Into her life comes the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla, with whom Laura strikes up, what will prove to be, a dangerous friendship...

Starring Anne-Marie Duff, Brana Bajic, David Warner and Celia Imrie.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic novella was first published in 1871.

Laura ...... Anne-Marie Duff Carmilla ...... Brana Bajic Father ...... David Warner Madame ...... Celia Imrie Duchess ...... Jacqueline Pearce Doctor ...... Nigel Anthony Martin ...... Roger May Mountebank ...... Kenneth Cranham

Producer: Lawrence Jackson.

First broadcast in June 2003.

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Looking at Appalachia: Georgia. From a photo project directed by Roger May.

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Wait is Roger May’s name a Queen reference? Or am I just reading too much into things??

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Photos from Looking at Appalachia, a photo project directed by Roger May.

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Looking at Appalachia, Roger May

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Poolside 

Alum Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia. byRoger May

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A Love Letter to Appalachia — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

Photographer Roger May was born in the Tug River Valley on the West Virginia/Kentucky border. His soon-to-be published "Testify" is, he says

"Testify" is a visual love letter to Appalachia, the land of my blood. This is my testimony of how I came to see the importance of home and my connection to place. After moving away as a teenager, I’ve struggled to return, to latch on to something from my memory. These images are a vignette into my working through the problem of the construction of memory versus reality. My work embraces the raw beauty of the mountains while keeping at arm's length the stereotypical images that have tried to define Appalachia for decades.

The word "testify" carries both a religious and legal meaning. In the churches of home, it's common for a portion of time during a church service to be devoted to allowing members to share publicly what God has done in their lives; to give their testimony. In legal terms, one’s testimony is a statement accepted, sworn under oath, believed to be true and acceptable.

I am both an insider and an outsider and though I maintain a safe distance in my photographs, I attempt to invite you into the intimacy of family, of sacred space. "Testify" is my bearing witness of a personal journey, of never truly being able to go home again, to seek answers from my ancestral home. Appalachia testifies of timelessness and natural beauty. The mountains testify of protection and sanctuary and at the same time the horrible destruction of mountaintop removal mining. The people of Appalachia testify of their pride and resilience. Old-time religion testifies of the power in the blood and a heavenly home just across the shore.