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Film ID | ACE096 |
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Title | Over Here. Irish music and dance in England |
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Date | 1980 |
Director | Carlo Gébler |
Production Company | Associates Film Productions |
Synopsis | A celebration of Irish culture, particularly music and dance, as it exists in England. |
Minutes | 50 min |
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Full synopsis |
ACE096.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:26) Hanging up banner for Leagrave Branch (Luton) Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Irish Cultural Centre). Céilí. VO says they are trying to bring something of Ireland to England. Derelict houses. Passenger ships. Trains. Commentary talks about the Irish leaving their native country to escape famine and poverty. Those who came to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s moved from rural areas to cities. The Irish now constitute Britain’s largest ethnic minority. Céilí. Workers on building sites. Commentary identifies most immigrants as working class. Branch of Bank of Ireland. Posters for Irish entertainers. Church. Irish newspapers. Irish clubs. Caption: “St. Iona Catholic Club, Mid-Tyne, Tyneside.” Flautist playing to club audience. His VO talking about the area being called “little Ireland”. Intercut with shots of docks. Drinkers in the club. Singer performing Sullivan’s John. Bar. Raffle draw. Eight girls step-dancing. Girl’s VO talking about the general attitude towards anyone taking up Irish dancing. ACE096.3 (00:08:26 - 00:18:25) ACE096.4 (00:18:25 - 00:28:31) ACE096.5 (00:28:31 - 00:39:23) ACE096.6 (00:39:23 - 00:49:48) |
Full credits | The Film Makers’ Thanks are due to St. Brendan’s Club, Coventry, The Four Provinces Club, Brent Town Hall, Leagrave Branch, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, St. Iona Catholic Club, John Doonan, Mary Lindsay, Clann na Gael, Martin and Theresa McMahon, Tommy Connell, BBC Radio Leeds, Dennis Walsh, Luke Kearns, Jackie Dwyer, Griffin-O’Loughlin School of Irish Dancing, Brendan Mulkere, John Carty, Brian Rooney, Silvermore Sound Studios, The Wexford Mummers, The Western Star Céilí Band, Flann O’Riain Barbara Durack, Mary Hardy, Terry Bowler, Marian Turnley, Gasra na Gael Lucy Farr and Reg Hall, The O’Loinsigh Family, The McCarthy Family. Photography Pascoe MacFarlane; Additional Photography Chris Morphet; Assistant Cameraman Stephen Harrison; Sound Godfrey Kirby, Mike Lax, Ray Beckett; Dubbing Mixer Mike Billing; Film Editor Edward Roberts; Assistant Editor Helen Cook; Graphics Tom McDougal; Assistant Director Maggie Brooks; Production Assistant Sebastian Harris; Producer Iain Bruce; Directed by Carlo Gébler. This film was produced by Associates Film Productions. Made in association with Radio Telefís Éireann. Arts Council of Great Britain MCMLXXX. |
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ACE096.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:26) ACE096.3 (00:08:26 - 00:18:25) ACE096.4 (00:18:25 - 00:28:31) ACE096.5 (00:28:31 - 00:39:23) ACE096.6 (00:39:23 - 00:49:48) |
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