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PROGRAMME ONE

STATISTIC

When Ellie finds herself pregnant, “the result of a drunken screw between two people who hardly knew each other”, she embarks on the challenging journey to an abortion in 1980s Ireland.

Dir. Alison Kelly. 27 mins, Ireland, 1983, Digital

PROGRAMME TWO

FRUIT 15

Pregnant twenty-three-year-old Una zips about Dublin on her motorbike determined to find a father for her unborn child.

Dir. Claire Lynch. 15 mins, Ireland, 1991, Digital

BLESSED FRUIT

An irreverent nativity tale of a woman who seeks divine intervention to identify the father of her unborn child.

Dir. Orla Walsh. 16 mins, Ireland, 1999, Digital

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

See also Hush-a-Bye Baby and Stolen.