The Irishmen
an impression of exile
A film on video (50 mins)
Directed by Philip Donnellan in collaboration with Seamus Ennis, this filem shares the life of the working Irish in Britain and celebrates their strength, skills and their contribution to the rebuilding of post war Britain.
Includes songs and music by Joe Heaney and Ewan MacColl.
Made in 1965, the film is a social history of work and emigration.
- films with a family in Connemara and follows one of its sons on his journey to Euston Station in London.
- rides with the men who drive the big earthmovers building a motorway.
- joins the men at work deep under Oxford Circus driving tunnels that now carry thousands on the Victoria Line.
Purchase price: £18.00. Available from: Northampton Connolly Association 5 Woodland Avenue, Abington, Northampton NN3 2BY. Tel.: 01604-715793; email: [email protected]
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2008-06-03 14:06:27.
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