John Calnan of the legendary Cork institution that is Quay Co-op on Sullivans Quay
Dave Mac's Local Legend
Thursday, 23 September 2021 - 8 minutes
A documentary made about The Quay Co-op is featured in this year's Indie Film Festival which was produced by Emma and Eddie of Frameworks Films. It was founded in 1982 and John has worked there since 1985. A large number of those who set it up would have been members of communities back then that would have been seen as outside the norm such as: Lesbian, Gay, CND and Anti- Apartheid. It was seen as somewhere that gave a voice to those communities, somewhere where you weren't judged for being different. John also chats about how important it is that the public are now aware of topics such as climate change, something the Co-op had been campaigning for 40 years ago.
For more info about the documentary visit: https://frameworksfilms.com/
