What is Irish Doc Shorts about?

Documentary Short Program: THE BOYS OF ST COLUMB’S (2009, 53 min.), Dir. Tom Collins. This documentary tells the story of some of Ireland’s most famous sons, including Seamus Heaney, Eamonn McCann and John Hume. Plus “Raise the Last Glass” (2009, 11 min.) Dirs. Lucy Kennedy, Lauren Kesner. When Waterford Crystal closed its main factory in January, its longtime workers staged a sit-in for almost two months to try to save their jobs. Plus “Guests of Another Nation” (1988, 28 min.), Dirs. Mark Stewart, John Fleming. Recently rediscovered, this 1988 film uses interviews to capture the alienation of young Irish emigrants in London in the late 1980s.

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What is Irish Doc Shorts about?: Documentary Short Program: THE BOYS OF ST COLUMB’S (2009, 53 min.), Dir. Tom Collins. This documentary tells the story of some of Ireland’s most famous sons, including Seamus Heaney, Eamonn McCann and John Hume. Plus “Raise the Last Glass” (2009, 11 min.) Dirs. Lucy Kennedy, Lauren Kesner. When Waterford Crystal closed its main factory in January, its longtime workers staged a sit-in for almost two months to try to save their jobs. Plus “Guests of Another Nation” (1988, 28 min.), Dirs. Mark Stewart, John Fleming. Recently rediscovered, this 1988 film uses interviews to capture the alienation of young Irish emigrants in London in the late 1980s.