On the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s visit, Dr. Harvey O’Brien (Film Studies lecturer, UCD) will give an illustrated talk on Thursday, June 27th looking at representations of the visit on film and how a nostalgic narrative of national pride at the homecoming of an exalted son glossed over the political dimension of the trip.

Collect your FREE ticket from the IFI Box Office.

Our Archive at Lunchtime series in June will be a series of programmes marking the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.