A selection of profile & social justice films
A selection of profile & social justice films
Dick Farrelly - A Quiet Man / RTÉ Lyric FM
Over Christmas one year, as we listen to a vinyl record of the band of An Garda Siochána, my father-in-law (who was the percussionist) casually mentions he knew the composer of one of the songs.
And that he had lived not too far away...my curiosity was piqued.
In 1949, a Garda writes a song on a bus journey. Two years later, Bing Crosby makes it a world-wide hit, while John Ford uses its melody as the main musical theme his iconic film, The Quiet Man.
This Lyric feature documentary explores the influence The Isle of Innisfree had on Ford's film The Quiet Man and charts the musical and personal life of its quiet composer, Dick Farrelly.
A selection of award-winning short films.
A selection of award-winning short films.
BAFTA | Best Children's Drama 2012
Gráinne Gavigan - Film & Television Editor
COLUM McCANN-BECOMING A NEW YORKER
Profile of Irish-New Yorker, Colum McCann, National Book Award winning author of Let The Great World Spin.
Becoming A New Yorker is a glimpse into the public and private life of a new kind of Irish writer – one for whom the word 'exile' has little meaning.
52 mins | 2010
Director: Charlie McCarthy
Producer: Clíona ní Bhuachalla | Icebox Films | RTÉ