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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
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:45
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SPRING FORWARD (PROGRAMME 1) 13.20
BALTIMORE 13:30
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
FROM THE VAULTS: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: THE ART OF LIVING 18.30
IO CAPITANO 15:50
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 18:10
ON THE WATERFRONT 70TH ANNIVERSARY 13:40
PERFECT DAYS 20:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 17:15
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.00 (OC)
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