Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey

Through a combination of extensive archival material and intimate interviews, Doolin’s film explores the political life of one of the icons of the civil rights struggle in Northern Ireland. Bernadette Devlin was elected MP for Mid-Ulster when she was 21 years-old and still a student, and briefly rattled the Westminster establishment. She witnessed the Bloody Sunday massacre, and went on to co-found the Irish Republican Socialist Party. She survived an assassination attempt while campaigning for the H-Block hunger strikers in the early 1980s. Now into her sixties, she remains just as articulate and uncompromising, critical of the Good Friday Agreement while still deeply passionate about – and engaged in – community politics.

Special Formula:Directed by Lelia Doolan
Ireland – 2011- Color – 88′ – English and Irish with English subtitles
With Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey

Special Feature:Ticket: 5,000 LBP

This feature film will be preceded by the screening of the short film “Runners” (2009, 16′, colour, English) directed by.: Ronan and Rob Burke

Director Lelia Doolan will attend the screening and lead a discussion with the audience following the film