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Mark Byrne , Rob Dennis
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Producer: Jeremiah Cullinane, Bartolomeo Dibenedetto, Rasa Miskinyte
Category
Documentary
Under the Hood explores life inside Belarus, the former Soviet republic where the battle for democracy, social justice and civil rights has yet to be won. The film is constructed through the voices of ordinary Belarusians and through the mundane details of their everyday lives. Characters include poor communal farmers in tiny villages who support Lukashenko, the autocratic President since 1994, and also opponents of his regime such as Iryna, a veteran journalist whose reporting on the regime has caused her to be arrested, interrogated, beaten and kept under constant surveillance. She and others like her live “under the hood” – a local expression meaning on the radar of the KGB, suspected, followed, threatened and intimidated. Irish filmmakers Mark Byrne and Rob Dennis have constructed a penetrating and compelling vision of life in this most opaque of nations.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn
75 minutes, Ireland/Lithuania/Belarus, 2013, Colour
BALTIMORE 15.15, 20.45
JEAN EUSTACHE: THE VIRGIN OF PESSAC ‘79 18.30
MONSTER 15.35
PERFECT DAYS 13.00
ROBOT DREAMS 13.00, 18.15 (OC)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS 20.30
THE DELINQUENTS 12.45, 17.15
THE TASTE OF THINGS 20.20
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16.15
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council