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Director
Gary Lennon, Ollie Aslin.
Credits
Producers: Gillian Callan, Ollie Aslin, Gary Lennon.
Principal Cast
Cathal McNaughton
Category
Documentary
This documentary profile explores the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Cathal McNaughton, who quit “the best job in the world” at the peak of his career aged just 40. As chief photographer for Reuters in India, McNaughton travelled extensively in Asia covering news stories of world importance. His photographs of the exiled Rohingya Muslims secured him the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 2018. We find Cathal now living a monastic life in a fisherman’s cottage in Cushendall, Co. Antrim. His obsession with his art drove him away from his family and son. As he rebuilds personal relationships, he is challenged by the demons of his past. Directed by Gary Lennon (A Doctor’s Sword, Castro’s Spies) and Ollie Aslin, this documentary considers Cathal’s 25-year-long body of work and the importance of photojournalism in a world saturated by social media and fake news. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
80 minutes, Ireland, UK, 2023, Colour
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS: CLERKS 18.20
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (PROGRAMME 1) 12.50 12.50
CROSSING 13.00, 18.10
HEART OF AN OAK 13.10
LA CHIMERA 15.45
SHAYDA 15.30, 20.30
SLEEP 13.40
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 20.50
THE COMMANDANT’S SHADOW 18.30
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 20.40
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