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Programme 2

PROTEX HURRAH

Belfast punk band, Protex are captured in playful mode on a US tour in 1980 – at the St. Patrick’s Day parade, and performing at New York’s Hurrah Club.

Dir. John T. Davis. 15 mins, Northern Ireland, 1980, Digital

FLYING SAUCER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

This hilarious pastiche of 1950s B movies, sees small town rock ‘n’ roll rebel farmer (Ardal Ó Hanlon) confront a mutant from another galaxy. With special effects by Roy and Noel Spence and flawless 35mm Black & White scope cinematography by Seamus McGarvey.

Dir. Enda Hughes. 12 mins, Northern Ireland, 1998, Black & White, Digital

See also Irish Focus: Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn