To the Western World
| 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 |
To the Western World is a 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 John Millington Synge and Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats through Connemara in 1905.[1] 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. On their journey they described the economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, dress and lie-stock.
The film has previously won the European Community Award and was nominated for the Fiction Award at the Cork Film Festival.
Screenings[edit]
2009 Irish Film Institute and Dublin Theatre Festival’s “Unsung Synge”
References[edit]
- ^ "John Huston voices "To the Western World"". Foxtrot Films. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ Chrisafis, Angelique; correspondent, Ireland (2005-06-24). "Historic Guardian series recalled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
