One night Majella O’Donnell took her teenage son Philly to be shot in both legs.
Majella, Philly and his shooters all live within an extraordinary community in Derry, Northern Ireland.
The “Troubles” officially ended in 1998 but this community is still at war. They do not accept the government or police.
All this happens within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.
How do you bring your son to be shot? What happens afterwards?
How does family life continue? How does a community respond? When do wars really end?
For five years Sinéad O’Shea has filmed this shocking portrait of a post conflict society. This is her first feature documentary.
A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot is produced By: Ailish Bracken and Sineád O'Shea for Blinder Films, with Figs Jackman of UK-based Spring Films. It is rxecutive produced: by Joshua Oppenheimer, André Singer, and Katie Holly.
The film features camerawork from Richard Kendrick, Ross McDonnell, Sineád O'Shea, and Paddy Stevenson, and is edited by Enda O'Dowd with co-editor Jordan Montminy. Sound is by Killian Fitzgerald, with music by George Brennan.
A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot premiered at the BFI London Film Festival last year. Irish audiences can catch it at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival on March 3rd.
78 CinÉireann / January 2018
A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT
DIR: SINEAD O'SHEA
PRO: BLINDER FILMS
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