50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
The film marks 50 years since riots erupted across Northern Ireland, widely seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as The Troubles. Mark Cousins – who left Belfast at 18 – returns to his hometown to reflect on how the place and its history have been used and occasionally abused by cinema. He traces how the legacy of division has impacted on the nation’s cinematic imagination; and, in a city that once had one of the highest rates of movie-going in the UK, he scrambles around the ruins of Belfast’s once-grand cinemas.
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50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 1, 2019
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film
Production Companies
DoubleBand Films, Film4 Productions
Director
Brian Henry Martin
Description
The film marks 50 years since riots erupted across Northern Ireland, widely seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as The Troubles. Mark Cousins – who left Belfast at 18 – returns to his hometown to reflect on how the place and its history have been used and occasionally abused by cinema. He traces how the legacy of division has impacted on the nation’s cinematic imagination; and, in a city that once had one of the highest rates of movie-going in the UK, he scrambles around the ruins of Belfast’s once-grand cinemas.
