Irish Cinema - Ourselves Alone?
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Donald Taylor Black
Gabriel Byrne
Bob Last
Colin Maccabe
Kevin Rockett
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Synopsis
About the struggle to create a truly Irish cinema in what is probably, one of the world's most photographed nations.
Director
Donald Taylor Black
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Miscellaneous Notes
"The Century of Cinema" is a series of personal documentaries commissioned by the BFI to celebrate the centenary of film. For this series, some of the world's leading filmmakers were invited to provide individual interpretations of the history and development of cinema in their countries. The result is a fascinating look at highly disparate national cinemas and 100 years of film around the globe.
Shown in New York City (MoMA) as part of series "The Century of Cinema" May 24-25, 1996.
The participating filmmakers include: Martin Scorsese & Michael Henry Wilson (USA), George Miller (Australia), Stephen Frears & Mike Dibb (England), Shu Kei (China), Anne-Marie Mieville & Jean-Luc Godard (France), Edgar Reitz (Germany), Mrinal Sen (India), Bernardo Bertolucci & Enrico Ghezze (Italy), Nagisa Oshima (Japan), Jang Sun-woo (Korea), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Latin America), Sam Neill & Julie Rymer (New Zealand).
The participating filmmakers include: Mohamed Tazi (North Africa), Pavel (Poland), Jean Pierre Bekolo (Sub-Saharan Africa), Sergei Selyanov (USSR/CIS) and others.
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