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Director
Liam McGrath
Credits
Producers: Robert Walpole, Paddy Breathnach
Category
Documentary
Liam McGrath’s feature-length documentary presents two years in the life of Francis Barrett, a 19-year-old Traveller and amateur light-welterweight boxer from Galway as he fulfils a life-long dream by representing Ireland at the Olympic games in Atlanta 1996, and then attempts to continue his success under the mentorship of his close friend Chick Gillen.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn.
76 minutes, Ireland/UK, 1999, Colour
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 20:20
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MÍ NA GAEILGE (PROGRAMME ONE) 13.00
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:00, 18:00
I’M STILL HERE 15:10, 18:00, 20:10
THE BRUTALIST (DIGITAL) 13:50
THE LAST SHOWGIRL 13:30, 18:20
VERMIGLIO 15:30, 20:45
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