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Chernobyl Oscar Win

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2004

April 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Illuminating the plight of the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, filmmaker Maryann DeLco took home an Oscar for Chernobyl Heart, which won Best Short Subject Documentary. Chernobyl Heart is a film about the effects of radiation on the children of Belarus 16 years after the accident at Chernobyl's nuclear reactor. It features the work of the Chernobyl Children's Project, an … [Read more...] about Chernobyl Oscar Win

Irish Director’s New Film About Burning Man

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2004

April 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

"Every year, a virtual city is erected and then destroyed, leaving no trace it was ever there." So begins the new documentary Confessions of a Burning Man by Irish filmmaker Paul Barnett and his directing partner, UnSu Lee about the week-long arts festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. Founded by artist Larry Harvey in 1990, Burning Man attracts around 30,000 revelers each year … [Read more...] about Irish Director’s New Film About Burning Man

Young Stars on Screen

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2004

February 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Two young actors, Dakota Fanning and Spencer Breslin, have burst onto the Hollywood scene with the blockbuster Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat. Fanning plays the bossy, organized Sally, sister to Breslin's mischief-making Conrad. The youngsters are preparing for a party when The Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers) arrives on their doorstep to stir up trouble. Fanning may already be a … [Read more...] about Young Stars on Screen

The Quiet Man Turns Fifty

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

This year marks fiftieth anniversary of John Ford's The Quiet Man, the favorite movie of many Irish Americans. The native Irish tend to see it with more ambivalence, yet the readers of the Irish Times in 1996 voted it the greatest Irish movie ever made. The beguiling comedy-drama won Ford his fourth Academy Award as best director, as well as bringing Oscars to cinematographers … [Read more...] about The Quiet Man Turns Fifty

Just Judy

By Rita E. Piro, Contributor
October/November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

By the time Judy Garland made her first and only concert appearance in Dublin in July 1951, she had been an international star for more than a decade. She had starred in 27 feature length films, performed on more than 200 radio shows, appeared in hundreds of national and international magazines and newspapers, and recorded more than 70 records and albums. The diminutive … [Read more...] about Just Judy

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