A documentary festival is set to celebrate the rich culture, social and political history of Derry with a series of events celebrating the city.
Docs Ireland is the biggest documentary festival on the island of Ireland, and is honouring the Maiden City with the Derry Days mini season running from August 25 to August 29.
It opens with After Image: Margo Harkin, an exclusive interview by Rose Baker with the Derry-born award-winning filmmaker.
Highlights of Margo's work include Hush-a-Bye Baby, 12 Days In July and Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary. The interview will be available to watch online via the festival website.
Events continue on August 29 with two back-to-back documentary screenings. The first is the The Long Note, an experimental and forensic study by Turner Prize-nominated artist Helen Cammock about the role of women in the civil rights movement.
The second screening will show an interview from Channel 4’s iconic After Dark series from 1988 with Eamonn McCann.
Entitled Derry 68: Look Back in Anger? the discussion covers civil rights, Irish politics and many other issues that have impacted on society in both Derry and across the island.
Following the screening of this episode, Eamonn will take audience questions during a moderated Q&A.
Michele Devlin, director of Docs Ireland, said they want to "make a moment to celebrate some of Derry's finest citizens" at this year's festival.
She continued: "We look forward to welcoming audiences to celebrate the city with us on August 29 and to celebrating people like Eamonn McCann, Margo Harkin, and the women of the civil rights movement, who contributed so much to the city’s history."
Tickets to Docs Ireland’s ‘Derry Day’ and the full festival programme can be found at www.docsireland.ie
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