To the Western World
1981 film directed by Margy Kinmonth
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To the Western World is a 1981 documentary film directed by Margy Kinmonth. Narrated by John Huston and starring Niall Tóibín, Patrick Laffan, Tom Hickey (actor) & Brendan Cauldwell, the film charts the journey of playwright JM Synge and artist JB Yeats through Connemara in 1905.[1]
Brian Harding
companies
ITV
| To the Western World | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Margy Kinmonth |
| Produced by | Margy Kinmonth Brian Harding |
| Edited by | John Fanner |
Production companies | Foxtrot Films ITV |
Release date |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The two men were sent by the Manchester Guardian to report on the 'Congested Districts', the most poverty-stricken and over populated parts of the West of Ireland.[2] The film is the first dramatisation of the original articles, which disappeared for decades after their publication[citation needed]. On their journey they described the economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, dress and livestock.
The film has previously won the European Community Award[when?] and was nominated for the Fiction Award at the Cork Film Festival[when?].
Screenings
2009 Irish Film Institute and Dublin Theatre Festival’s “Unsung Synge”