> Film the Wind that shakes the Barley.... Director Ken Loach > I would like to bring to the attention of people on the list of the basic > details of a film which has just been released as it may be of interest to > some people looking at Irish history. > > The film's director has recently won the biggest prize in world cinema the > Palme D'or at Cannes for the film It's focus is on Ireland in the early > 1920's which encompasses partial Irish Independence the start of the civil > war and the birth of republicanism. > > It is controversial as the film has an anti oppression slant with > parallels of current conflicts around the world. He also has a film to his > name The Hidden Agenda about the murder of a civil rights lawyer murdered > in Northern Ireland in the 1980's with British intelligence involvement. > > Therefore Ken Loach is not exactly a favourite son in certain sectors of > the political establishment and press. > > Ciaran Colgan Looking for Colgans Mayo Ireland > chggf@btinternet.com > ==== NY-IRISH Mailing List ==== > The NY-Irish Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > Get info on how to unsub, change your subcription, links, > archives,recipes, lookups etc. > >

How can we view these films? CIARAN COLGAN <CHGGF@BTINTERNET.COM> wrote: > Film the Wind that shakes the Barley.... Director Ken Loach > I would like to bring to the attention of people on the list of the basic > details of a film which has just been released as it may be of interest to > some people looking at Irish history. > > The film's director has recently won the biggest prize in world cinema the > Palme D'or at Cannes for the film It's focus is on Ireland in the early > 1920's which encompasses partial Irish Independence the start of the civil > war and the birth of republicanism. > > It is controversial as the film has an anti oppression slant with > parallels of current conflicts around the world. He also has a film to his > name The Hidden Agenda about the murder of a civil rights lawyer murdered > in Northern Ireland in the 1980's with British intelligence involvement. > > Therefore Ken Loach is not exactly a favourite son in certain sectors of > the political establishment and press. > > Ciaran Colgan Looking for Colgans Mayo Ireland > chggf@btinternet.com > ==== NY-IRISH Mailing List ==== > The NY-Irish Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > Get info on how to unsub, change your subcription, links, > archives,recipes, lookups etc. > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== The Irish-In-UK Mailing List Website: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishUK/ ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx John F. Glynn glynnwood@sbcglobal.net