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The Phoenix Cinema East Finchley - 52 High Rd London, N2 9PJ
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As part of a Season of Irish Cinema at The Phoenix Cinema (curated by Sé Merry Doyle) the season kicks of with Sé merry Doyles Award Winning "John Ford - Dreaming The Quiet Man" . It’s a revealing documentary that explores the making of the Oscar-winning film which took the director John Ford 20 years to bring to the big screen. Set in the West Of Ireland, the film captures the very last screen appearance of Hollywood actress Maureen O’Hara. It features interviews with Ford aficionados - Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jim Sheridan and it’s narrated by Hollywood actor Gabriel Byrne.
With mesmeric archive footage and rare photographs, the documentary takes us too Ford’s ancestral homeland of Connemara, where his parents were born. We meet Ford’s cousins, The Feeney’s, who tell the story of how Ford’s parent’s departed from Ireland to America, after the Great Famine and how the young Ford returned to Ireland in 1922, to visit his cousins and witnessed their home house being burned down by the infamous Black and Tans. The film also takes us to Portland Maine where Ford grew up and went on to become one of the greatest Hollywood Directors of all time.
THE SCREENING WILL BE FOLLOWED by a Q&A with the Director Sé Merry Doyle. the rest of the season includes Tickets are. £10/ £8.concs
Sunday May 31st 2pm: “John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man”. Directed by Sé Merry Doyle.
Sunday June 7th 2pm “Anne Devlin”. Directed by Pat Murphy
Sunday June 14th 2pm “Rocky Road To Dublin”. Directed by Peter Lennon
Sunday June 28th 2pm “My Left Foot” Directed by Jim Sheridan
Sunday July 12th 2pm “Michael Collins”. Directed by Neil Jordan
Sunday July 19th “Kings”. Written and Directed by Tom Collins (Kings is a bi-lingual film - English & Irish, with subtitles)