It contains a few biblical references and celebrates motherhood, the preservation of history and British patriotism during the onset of World War II. THE DIG has a light Christian, moral worldview. On Netflix, THE DIG is a moving, superbly acted, immaculately produced drama about Britain’s greatest archaeological find to date. Meanwhile, Edith, who has a cute young son, finds out she has a heart condition that could be fatal. However, as World War II approaches, Basil gets pushed to the side when national experts from the British Museum arrive.

Basil makes an incredible discovery when he uncovers an artifact-laden, royal burial ship from the Sixth Century. Basil is hired by a wealthy, widowed landowner, Edith Pretty, to excavate the apparent funeral mounds on her large estate. Please note: this screening will not include ads or trailers and will start at the advertised time.Set in 1939, THE DIG focuses on Basil Brown, an amateur archaeologist who works for Ipswich Museum on England’s eastern coast. Finely scripted by Stuart Drennan, the film surveys lives stalled by grief and trauma - and dark secrets hidden where almost no one can find them.ĭue to unforeseen circumstances, there will no longer be a Q&A on Thu 9 May. With its handheld camerawork giving the proceedings a sense of urgency and the striking locations evoking lives tethered to the soil, The Dig draws us in with narrative momentum and a sense of place. Knowing the only way he’ll get him off his land, and perhaps satisfy his own alcohol-shot recollection of events, Callahan joins him in the grim task. Convinced that Callahan buried his daughter in the bog land, the father has spent every day of the previous 15 years digging it patch by patch.

His plan to sell up and move on is thwarted by the presence of the victim’s father (Lorcan Cranitch) on his land. Callahan (Moe Dunford) returns to his abandoned family farm-home having served 15 years for murder.

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