A TOURING exhibition of films by acclaimed film and video artists will be shown at an iconic Blackburn church next month.

Holy Trinity Church in Mount Pleasant, Blackburn, is one of five churches that will hold the exhibition. They will be showing three films from the collection on Thursday, March 5 between 4.30 and 8.30pm.

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The gothic Anglican parish church, which is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust because of its historic and cultural significance, has a flat-timber ceiling with 80 painted heraldic panels, mostly commemorating the families who contributed to its construction.

The aim of ‘A Light Shines in Darkness’ is to captivate a new audience to help create discussion and challenge them to look around the buildings – which are often overlooked and undervalued – in a different way.

The inspiration for the exhibition is light and darkness. The shafts of celestial light that once shone in the churches are to be replaced by the light of a projector, providing a new kind of illumination.

The event is a partnership between non-profit organisations Film and Video Umbrella and the Church’s Conservation Trust.

Film curator Mike Jones, said: “Whether you’re religious or not, you can’t help but be affected when you go into a place like this and soak up the atmosphere the architecture creates.

“They deserve to have a life in them and for people to have access to such special places.”