Each year during the month of February, a series of Irish films is presented by Dr. James MacKillop. Dr. MacKillop, a well-known scholar and lecturer, will lead a discussion of the film after the showing. He is author of several books on Celtic subjects, including the Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, and is editor of Contemporary Irish Cinema: From the Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa. The February 2008 schedule is as follows.
Where:
The Forum Room at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt, NY
(the building is right across the street from Manlius-Pebble Hill School)
When: 7 PM each Tuesday evening
Dates and Selections:
Dr. James MacKillop has chosen the following three films for viewing and discussion:
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Film 1. Mise Éire [I am Ireland] (1959), directed by George Morrision. Painstakingly collected archival footage from 1896 to 1919, showing scenes from public life, including the 1913 lockout, the Easter Rising and the election of Sinn Féin. The producers at Gael Linn specified an Irish language sound track and a memorable orchestral score by Seán Ó Riada to what had originally been silent film. English subtitles for this version.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008
Film 2. One Man’s Hero (1999), directed by Lance Hool, with Tom Berenger, Stephen Tobolosky, Patrick Bergin. Fiction based on history, of the Irish immigrants in the U.S. who joined Mexican forces in the Mexican War of 1848. Their San Patricio brigade fought against the U.S. invasion, and the Irish were reviled as traitors at that time. This film examines their motives with more sympathy. An American made film not seen in wide release.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Film 3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), directed by Ken Loach. The story of two brothers during the Black & Tan War, leading into the Civil War. Damien (Cillian Murphy) is a medical school graduate who would like to further his studies in London. He is drawn into the Troubles by his brother Teddy (Pádraic Delaney), the leader of a guerilla squad. They fight side by side until the Treaty when they find themselves on opposite sides. Winner of the Palme D’Or at Cannes.
Special Note: We have been asked by Le Moyne to park in Lots A or C, and we would appreciate members and their guests doing so, except in cases where it would be an actual physical hardship. The reason is that there are classes held in Grewen and Reilley Halls in the evenings, and those paying for the classes, and receiving permits to park in the adjacent lots, will naturally be disgruntled if they can’t find a space where they have a permit.
LeMoyne is generous enough to allow us to use both their facilities and their equipment without charge, which makes our programs there possible. They understand that some of our members are sufficiently physically challenged that the hill climb is not an option, and those members may park behind Grewen, or, of course, in the handicapped spaces in front of Grewen if they have handicapped permits. But please - if you are robust enough to tackle it, use the opportunity to show off and climb that hill! And if carpooling would allow a robust driver to drop off less-robust passengers and then park in A or C, that would be very helpful.
The film series is open to IACI members and their guests, as well as the LeMoyne community, and is free.
Check this page frequently for updated information.
Please contact Shelia Comerford via email [ballybur@aol.com] or telephone [(315) 637-3610] for more information.
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