Irish Studies
THE IMAGE YOU MISSED2019 Cinema Studies Family Relations Irish Studies Media Studies Peace & Conflict
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late American documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig's decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
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FAIRYTALE OF KATHMANDULGBTQ Anthropology Asian Studies Irish Studies Literature 2009 Directed by Women
When a filmmaker accompanies a celebrated, openly gay poet on one of his many trips to Nepal - where he is revered for his philanthropy and generosity towards young men - she discovers all is not what it seems. A thought-provoking documentary about exploitation, sexual tourism and the developing world.
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LIKE A SHIP IN THE NIGHTIrish Studies Women's Studies Political Science Health 2008 Directed by Women
Abortion is illegal in Ireland. Yet every year, more than 8,000 women travel in secret to England to have abortions. They do so despite the risk of life imprisonment and social stigmatization. Like A Ship in the Night follows three such women as they plan their journeys across the sea.
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THE ROAD OF WOMEN: VOICES OF IRISH WOMEN POLITICAL PRISONERSWomen's Studies Irish Studies Political Science Europe Criminal & Law Directed by Women
The voices of women prisoners take us on a journey to Northern Ireland, a journey into and out of prison, a journey of personal and political struggle and growth.
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A CALL TO ARMS
A Call To Arms tells the extraordinary story of the Young Irelanders and the Uprising of 1848 in Ireland. 1848 was a year when all of Europe was in turmoil and Ireland was no exception.
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CELTIC WAVES: THE FLOW OF IRISH EMIGRATIONEconomics Irish Studies Sociology Immigration
This documentary explores the effects of 150 years of emigration trends on the culture of Ireland. It examines four specific time periods—the 1840s Famine, the turn of the twentieth century, the hostile 1950s, and the 1980s and 1990s, with the emergence of the 'Celtic Tiger' economy.
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SEX IN A COLD CLIMATEWomen's Studies Irish Studies Sociology
This historical documentary is a deeply disturbing portrait of Magdalene Asylums run by Catholic nuns in Ireland. For over a hundred years girls and young women were sent to live and work in the Magdalene Asylums’ Laundries after they’d had sexual or 'sinful' contact with men.
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UNEXPECTED OPENINGSIrish Studies Peace & Conflict Terrorism Studies
This video chronicles the evolution of the paramilitary organizations in Northern Ireland from the time of the "Troubles" through the current tenuous peace process.
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OUT OF THE ASHES: NORTHERN IRELAND'S FRAGILE PEACETerrorism Studies Sociology Political Science Irish Studies
Part of a series of documentaries on conflict resolution in the world's trouble spots, offers personal and historical views of the unrest in Northern Ireland from the mid-Sixties to the present day.
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JAMES JOYCE: THE TRIALS OF ULYSSES
Tells the story of Joyce's epic novel, Ulysses, his most famous creation and certainly the most renowned work of fiction of the twentieth century. Filmed in Zurich, Trieste, New York and Dublin, the video portrays Joyce's own trials as a writer, his long struggle with his magnum opus, and his persistence in trying to have his "buke" made available to a mass audience.
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IF THESE WALLS COULD SPEAK!: MURAL PAINTING IN BELFASTSociology Irish Studies Cultural Studies Art History Directed by Women
This documentary examines the tradition of both the Catholic/Nationalist and Protestant/Loyalist communities in Northern Ireland of painting huge murals on building walls, both as a way to celebrate cultural heroes or commemorate significant historical events as well as to demarcate their respective neighborhoods.
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TO LIVE FOR IRELANDPolitical Science Irish Studies Directed by Women
Examines the political turmoil and sectarian violence that has racked Northern Ireland for
the last twenty years by profiling the efforts of the Social Democrat and Labor Party
(SDLP) to achieve peace in Northern Ireland through nonviolent means.
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