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Director
Ross McDonnell
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Producer: Morgan Bushe
Category
DocumentaryShort
Over still images of Ballymun’s notorious tower blocks a woman tells her story of a life of deprivation, love, and personal difficulty. Her narration touches on communal solidarity and a love for her own home before turning to the social problems of the area, experienced through her violent, drug-addicted boyfriend. This unflinching narrative personalises the well-known failure of the Ballymun building project, imagining the now-demolished towers as a kind of haunted estate where memoires good and bad still linger.
16 minutes, Ireland, 2011, Colour
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 13:00, 18:00
FROM THE VAULTS: JOHN MCGAHERN: A PRIVATE WORLD 18.30
KIDNAPPED 20:20
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 15:30, 20:10
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13.10, 15.40, 18.10, 20.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 16.00
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