13
July
11:15
Pálás Screen 3 - Galway
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aemi @ Galway Film Fleadh: Recording the Troubles

13 July 2024 / 11:15 / Pálás Screen 3 - Galway
As part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh aemi will co-host this screening of Frank Sweeney's Few Can See and The Memories of Others which considers Japanese Photographer Akihiko Okamura's incredible depictions of The Troubles.
Street memorial on Lecky Road, Derry city, 1971, marking the site where Desmond Beattie (19 years old) was shot and killed on 8 July 1971by the British Army. Seamus Cusack (28 years old) was shot dead near this spot about twelve hours later. These men were the first people shot dead by the British Army in Derry. © Estate of Akihiko Okamura

Street memorial on Lecky Road, Derry city, marking the site where Desmond Beattie (19) was shot and killed on July 8th, 1971, by the British army. Seamus Cusack (28) was shot dead near this spot about 12 hours later. They were the first people shot dead by the British army in Derry. Photograph: © Estate of Akihiko Okamura

Saturday 13 July | 11:15 | Pálás Screen 3

RECORDING THE TROUBLES with Q&A  

Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others

2024 | Ireland, Japan, US, France | 20′

Uncovering Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura’s extraordinary work in Ireland during the Troubles, and the artistic and emotional impact of its recent rediscovery. This film was made in collaboration with Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, and the Akihiko Okamura Archive, Tokyo.

Directors/Writers/Producers: Marc Lesser, Pauline Vermare
Producer: Noah Avidan

Few Can See
2024 | Ireland | 43′

Few Can See examines the legacy of broadcast censorship of the conflict in the north of Ireland and political movements during this era. The project attempts to recreate material absent from state archives due to censorship.

Director: Frank Sweeney
Producer: Emma Coen
Writers: Sean Finnan, Frank Sweeney

 

           


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Still from Few Can See | Frank Sweeney 2024 | Ireland | 43′

Still from Few Can See | Frank Sweeney 2024 | Ireland | 43′



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