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Director
Maurice O'Brien
Credits
John Kelleher, Grant Keir, David Power.
Category
Documentary
When Glaswegian performance artist Stephen Skrynka learns that a life-long obsession with building and riding a century-old fairground attraction, the ‘Wall of Death’, was shared with Michael Donohoe and Connie Kiernan (who built a wall in 1979 and inspired the film Eat the Peach), he heads to their farm in Granard, Co. Longford with an audacious proposal: construct a new ‘Wall of Death’ with him and take it on tour. Though the Wall is painstakingly constructed, a massive and painful argument between the trio brings the endeavour skidding to a halt. Devastated, Stephen returns to Glasgow to lick his wounds, emerging mid-pandemic to fight another day. This captivating yarn explores the relentless determination of an artist to realise his dream, risking life, limb, and hard-won friendship along the way. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
91 minutes, Ireland, UK, 2022, Colour
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MCGAHERN: SHORT STORIES (PROGRAMME 1) 12:45
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 13:30, 18:00
KIDNAPPED 20:20
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 15:40, 18:20 (OC)
PERFECT DAYS 13:00, 20:30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13.30, 16.00, 18.10, 20.40
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 15.50
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