Candle on the Hill

Producer Jonathan Stedall returns to the Camphill community in Aberdeen where he made a BAFTA Award winning documentary in 1967, and meets up again with Peter, an autistic, who had an extraordinary sense of colour as a child.

Looks at Botton Vilage in Yorkshire, a Camphill community for mentally handicapped adults with a population of over 400, including co-workers and their families. The film shows the workshops, where dolls, candles and toys are made for sale, the farms, gardens, households, and some of the characters who live at Botton.

Visits 3 Camphill communities in Pennsylvania and looks at several new Camphill initiaives in England and elsewhere, particularly in the realms of training and work for the long-term unemployed and socially disadvantaged. It also considers Camphill's future role.