In Association with The Kiln Cinema the ICC are so proud to present
A Collection of Classics of Irish Cinema
at The Kiln Cinema (Kilburn High Rd).
This season will see several distinct visions of Ireland in the 20th century screened over three evenings in the Kiln’s new-and-improved cinema alongside conversations with prominent figures in the Irish community discussing the legacy and effects of these portrayals of the land, its politics and its people, from beloved classics to rarely-screened treasures.
The Special Film Season includes
On Wednesday Feb 28th: The Rocky Road To Dublin (1962)
A collaboration between firebrand Irish journalist Peter Lennon and the French New Wave’s cinematographer-in-chief Raoul Coutard, explores the legacy of the Easter Rising and the compromises made in the decades since the establishment of the Irish Free State. Interview subjects run the gamut from Catholic Priests, Young Mothers, Radical Students and GAA players, painting a vivid and uncompromising portrait of a new nation still in the process of defining itself against the Church and English Aristocracy. Banned upon its release, The Rocky Road To Dublin has been restored by Loopline Films and will be screened with its essential Making Of documentary and ‘The Irish in Brent’, an archival documentary of figures of County Kilburn in the 1970s, generously provided by the London Screen Archives. Leading Irish Historian and Artist, Bernard Canavan will join us on stage to discuss the legacy of the Irish Diaspora through both a local and global lens.
On Wednesday March 5th: “John Ford – Dreaming the Quiet Man”
Dreaming The Quiet Man (2009) explores legendary Hollywood filmmaker John Ford’s relationship with his ancestral homeland, attempts to found and support an Irish Film Industry and its crystallisation in one of his most breath-taking and controversial films. The Quiet Man (1952) sees John Wayne’s American brawler Sean Thornton return to his birthplace in Co. Mayo to encounter Romance, Republicanism and one of the most talented ensemble casts ever assembled on screen (Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields). A perennial classic rarely seen in London cinemas, as celebrated as it has been critiqued, The Quiet Man will be screened before the ICC’s own Sé Merry Doyle’s masterful documentary about one of the cinema’s greatest artists and his Irishness, narrated by Gabriel Byrne and featuring Martin Scorsese and the last interview with Maureen O’Hara.
This screening will see Lance Pettitt (author of Screening Ireland and The Last Bohemian, a brilliant new biography of Brian Desmond Hurst) in conversation with Director Sé Merry Doyle.
On Wednesday March 12th “The Field”
The Field (1990), based on John B Keane’s legendary stage play, sees an epic dispute of land ownership pre-1916 played out in the village of Leenane, Co. Galway with career-best work from screen legends Richard Harris, John Hurt and Brenda Fricker. A massively influential text that is as vicious as it is gorgeous, this is a chance to (re)discover an unforgettable and monumental work of Irish Cinema.
Director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name Of The Father) will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A about his career, collaborators and role as one of Ireland’s leading figures in popular cinema.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60lTf7LrK8
This Programme of films supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
To Book Tickets https://kilntheatre.com/cinema-listings/
The Kiln Cinema 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
