Films with: Lennon, Peter

Making of Rocky road to Dublin

Discusses the making of the film, Rocky road to Dublin, and its reception at the Cannes festival and afterwards in Ireland and elsewhere. Includes interviews with Peter Lennon, who made the film, and Raoul Coutard, who did the photography.

DVD 4005

Rocky road to Dublin

Portrait of Ireland in the 1960s, a society characterized by a stultifying educational system, a repressive and morally reactionary clergy, and a myopic cultural nationalism. Amidst scenes of everyday Irish life, the film blend interviews with writers Sean O'Faolain and Conor Cruise O'Brien, theater producer Jim Fitzgerald, film director John Huston, Father Michael Cleary, and others.

DVD 4003