Irish Film Institute -IRELAND ON SUNDAY: WE WERE THERE

IRELAND ON SUNDAY: WE WERE THERE

Director: Laura Aguiar and Cahal McLaughlin

FILM INFO: 61 minutes, 2014, D-Cinema


This screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Laura Aguiar and Cahal McLaughlin and participants.

Ireland on Sunday is our monthly showcase for new Irish film.

This captivating documentary features the unique experiences of women in the predominantly male world of the Maze/Long Kesh Prison during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The film includes stories of a prison officer’s wife, prisoners’ relatives, Open University tutors, Probation Service staff and a visual artist. The interviews featured in the film were recorded by the Prisons Memory Archive, which filmed 140 walk-and-talk interviews around the empty prison during the summer of 2007.

It is a fascinating, moving and very personal insight into the experiences of these women at this time.

Presented in association with the Institute for British-Irish Studies, UCD. 

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