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Jon Bang Carlsen – Documentary Where Art Thou?

27th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with innovative Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen who discusses his belief that fact and fiction both exist in documentary. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring a series of interviews with prominent Irish and international documentary filmmakers and examining […]

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Peter Lydon – Documentary Where Art Thou?

27th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with British director Peter Lydon who explores the difference between directing for TV and documentary. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring a series of interviews with prominent Irish and international documentary filmmakers and examining the subject of documentary […]

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Kim Longinotto – Documentary Where Art Thou?

27th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with prolific British director Kim Longinotto who explores her practice in which she uses feature-length documentaries to depict the lives of women, and the role of the documentary in the 21st century. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring […]

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Les Blank – Documentary Where Art Thou?

27th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with US documentary director Les Blank and delves into the making of his film Burden of Dreams which chronicles the production of Werner Herzog’s infamous Fitzcarraldo. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring a series of interviews with prominent […]

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Living in the Landscape – Hidden Treasures

26th April 2020

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Hidden Treasures is a highly acclaimed four-part documentary series examining the history of Irish folklife. The series combines restored 16mm field recordings (produced by the National Museum of Ireland from the 1950s to the 1970s) with contemporary recordings of traditional rural crafts and rituals. These images emphasise the self-sufficiency of rural householders and craft specialists, […]

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Victor Kossakovsky – Documentary Where Art Thou?

26th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with renowned Russian documentary director Victor Kossakovsky where he discusses the skill required to be a documentary filmmaker. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring a series of interviews with prominent Irish and international documentary filmmakers and examining the […]

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Gathering In – Hidden Treasures

25th April 2020

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Molly Dineen – Documentary Where Art Thou?

25th April 2020

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This outtake excerpt from the Documentary Where Art Thou? project features a short interview with Canadian Molly Dineen, TV documentary director, cinematographer and producer, where she discusses her start in filmmaking and the art, craft and importance of ‘pure’ documentary. Documentary Where Art Thou? is an unfinished project featuring a series of interviews with prominent […]

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Rod, Rhyme and Spinning Wheel – Hidden Treasures

24th April 2020

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Rose Dugdale – Mná an IRA

7th April 2020

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Rose Dugdale has led an extraordinary life and her unexpected involvement in the IRA and subsequent imprisonment became headline news all around the world in the 1970s. In this programme she tells the story of how and why she went from being a member of an aristocratic English family to becoming involved in the republican […]

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Josephine Hayden – Mná an IRA

6th April 2020

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Josephine Hayden served four and a half years in prison in Limerick for transporting arms and ammunition for the Continuity IRA. She refused to support the Northern Ireland peace process and, despite suffering two heart attacks while in jail, did not take early release under the Good Friday Agreement as many other prisoners did. As […]

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Pamela Kane – Mná an IRA

5th April 2020

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Pamela Kane grew up in a republican family in north Dublin. She recalls the formative impact of seeing how the nationalist population was treated when on childhood family holidays in her father’s homeland of Tyrone. She became actively involved in the republican movement during the 1980s hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. At this time, Sinn […]