Donnacha O’Brien Peripheral Vision
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:30:00 GMT - Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:30:00 GMT, 14:30
At Main Room, Block Q, Earls Island
Organised by Huston Film School
Since 2008 Ireland has become a by-word internationally for political passivity & resignation. However, in reality, small groups have attempted to mobilize the public against the bank bailouts and austerity. This documentary, filmed over 12 months by award-winning director Donnacha Ó Briain, chronicles the experiences of some of this small group – those who took a stand during one of the most momentous periods in Irish history. The film follows the fortunes of some key grassroots initiatives launched in 2011-12: including the Dublin-based Spectacle of Defiance & Hope with its French Revolution-inspired ‘Books of Grievance’; and the dogged villagers of Ballyhea in North Cork , who started a weekly march against the bondholder payo Filmed in raw cinema verité , the film charts with immediacy the realities and frustrations of those trying to build a social movement in Ireland during an age of political indifference and passivity.