Colman Doyle: Ábhar Machnaimh
"An unfussy and outstanding documentary that let the man and the work speak for themselves."
52 mins | 2006 | Colman Doyle, as lead photographer for The Irish Press, was Ireland's chief eyewitness, for a paper which, at its peak, was selling a million copies a week.
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The Irish Press Group, at the height of its success, was selling well over a million newspapers a week. Colman Doyle was the Press's lead photographer, and for the paper's millions of readers, he was the chief eyewitness to all that was happening across Ireland. This film follows Colman as he returns to remote West Kerry, to reconnect with the people and places he first photographed over 50 years ago. In undertaking this journey, we explore the decades of change, across the island, captured in Colman's unique and extraordinary work.
“Colman Doyle, perhaps this country’s premiere photojournalist, has recorded Ireland's faces and places for nigh on half a century. [...] For the best results, watch the documentary twice: the first time to focus on the talk, and the second to lose yourself in the images, as one fascinating photograph after the other flashes on the screen”
Interviewees:
Interviewees in the film include Michael D. Higgins, John Hume, Páidí Ó Sé, Bob Quinn, Liam Flynn, Brenda Fitzsimons and Frank Miller.
Screenings:
To date, the film has been screened in the Galway Film Fleadh, the Boston Irish Film Festival (Harvard Film Archive), Stranger than Fiction (IFI, Dublin), Clones Film Festival and the Foyle Film Festival.
Funding:
Colman Doyle: Ábhar Machnaimh was funded by TG4, the Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealíon, and the BCI (Sound and Vision). It was first broadcast on TG4 in April 2006.
Credits:
- Produced and directed by James Kelly.
- Filmed by Joe St Leger
- Edited by Rónán Ó Muirgheasa
- Photographic supervision and rostrum by Michael Kelly
- Sound composition and mix by Giles Packham & Karl Burke at Waveform Studio
- Online Edit by Marc O'Gleasáin at Loopline Film
- Irish language supervision by Macalla Teo