Made in 1968, a collaboration between firebrand Irish journalist Peter Lennon and the French New Wave’s cinematographer-in-chief Raoul Coutard, (Luc Godard’s Director of Photography), explores the legacy of the Easter Rising and the compromises made in the decades since the establishment of the Irish Free State. Interview subjects run the gamut from Catholic Priests, Young Mothers, Radical Students and GAA players, painting a vivid and uncompromising portrait of a new nation still in the process of defining itself against the Church and English Aristocracy. The film was banned upon it's release, and banished from Irish TV screens and Cinemas for more than three decades, until The Rocky Road To Dublin was found in a vault and was lovingly restored by Sé Merry Doyle of Loopline Films in 2004. Following the screening Film Reviewer, Steve Martin, will interview Journalist Eva Lennon, wife of the late Director Peter Lennon.
Rocky Road To Dublin will be screened with its essential short film “The Making Of Rocky Road to Dublin” (Directed by Paul Duane: 27mins).
Thanks to the Irish Film Institute Dublin for permission to screen these films.
