50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
2019•1h 0m•Released
Documentary
The film marks 50 years since riots erupted across Northern Ireland, widely seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as The Troubles. Mark Cousins – who left Belfast at 18 – returns to his hometown to reflect on how the place and its history have been used and occasionally abused by cinema. He traces how the legacy of division has impacted on the nation’s cinematic imagination; and, in a city that once had one of the highest rates of movie-going in the UK, he scrambles around the ruins of Belfast’s once-grand cinemas.
Director
Brian Henry Martin
Languages
English
Studio
DoubleBand Films
Cast
Mark Cousins
Himself
David Holmes
Himself
Laurence McKeown
Himself
Production
Company
DoubleBand Films
Company
Film4 Productions
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