John Connors is an award-winning actor and filmmaker from the Traveller community. Widely known for his role as Patrick Ward in Love/Hate, he also directed the critically acclaimed documentary series ‘John Connors: The Travellers’, and wrote and directed the feature drama ‘The Black Guelph’. Having opened up publicly about his personal struggles with mental health, John Connors has been a driving force in challenging racism and discrimination experienced by the Traveller community, whilst shining a light on the power of creativity and artistic expression. 

John will be in conversation with Lisa Smith from RomaTrial.

Photo © Shane O’Connors