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  • Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s
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  • edited by Carol MacKeogh and Díóg O’Connell
  • 2012
  • Published by: Cork University Press
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This timely collection of essays, Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s, examines the role of Irish documentary in film and television as Ireland experienced dramatic shifts in its social and political make-up in recent decades. Bringing together a diverse range of perspectives, this book tells it from the standpoint of the documentary-maker, the academic and the policy-maker. It reveals the role of documentary in telling stories that challenge the hierarchies of church and state, at the same time reflecting and representing the change brought about as a result in shifts to the political and social landscape.Documentaries discussed in this collection include the work of independents such as Alan Gilsenan, Louis Lentin, Mary Raftery, Donald Taylor Black and Ken Wardrop alongside television series including Would You Believe and Prime Time Investigates. Post-conflict and multi cultural Ireland is explored through the reflective practice of academics working in the medium of documentary. The impact of cultural policy and technological change to the landscape of documentary is considered through an examination of the output of TG4, changes to the commissioning process and the effects of digital media. This book looks back over the last two decades through the prism of documentary to get a snap shot of the dramatic shifts and upheavals in Irish society, socially, culturally and politically.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. xi
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  1. Notes on Contributors
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. I. Documentary: Theory and Practice
  2. pp. 13-54
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  1. Speaking Out: The role of democracy
  2. pp. 15-18
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  1. Transnational Scenographies of Care: The performance of migrant identities in documentary film
  2. pp. 19-28
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  1. Unheard Voices: Recording stories from the troubles
  2. pp. 29-41
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  1. Documentary Film and History
  2. pp. 42-54
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  1. II. Documentary: Critical Practice
  2. pp. 55-92
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  1. True North: The ethics of consent
  2. pp. 57-65
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  1. The Power of One: Dear Daughter and Stolen Lives
  2. pp. 66-76
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  1. The Faith Factor, Skill and Chance: Five years in Would You Believe
  2. pp. 77-83
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  1. Home Truths: Prime Time investigates nursing homes and Leas Cross
  2. pp. 84-92
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  1. III. Documentary: Policy and Politics
  2. pp. 93-131
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  1. The Life of an Independent Film-maker: Some tales from the trenches
  2. pp. 95-103
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  1. ‘An Appointment to View’: The role of RTÉ’s Independent Production Unit in documentary making in Ireland
  2. pp. 104-114
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  1. Cláracha Fáisnéise ar TG/Documentary: Programmes on TG4
  2. pp. 115-123
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  1. Digital Impacts on Documentary in Ireland
  2. pp. 124-131
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  1. IV. Towards the Future: Interviews With Key Players
  1. Díóg O’Connell interviews Ken Wardrop, Director of His & Hers (2010)
  2. pp. 135-144
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  1. Carol MacKeogh interviews Alan Maher, Irish Film Board
  2. pp. 145-150
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  1. Carol MacKeogh interviews Mary Raftery, Director of States of Fear (1999) and Cardinal Secrets (2002)
  2. pp. 151-156
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  1. Notes and References
  2. pp. 157-167
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 169-176
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  1. Back Cover
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