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 Cinemagic
New York
Hotel Rwanda
Saturday, February 27 | 1 pm
Together with Cinemagic, Irish Arts Center presents a special
free screening of Terry George’s Oscar nominated film Hotel
Rwanda (2004), starring Don Cheadle in the true-life story of Paul
Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during
their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
Admission free
For reservations please contact Jen Browne at 212.757.3318 ext. 202 or jen@irishartscenter.org
FALL 2009 FILM SERIES
Admission: $10 general sale/ $8 members.
Tickets on sale soon
IAC members at all levels may book directly through Irish
Arts Center and avoid ticket processing fees. Call 212-757-3318
ext. 204 from 10 - 6 Monday through Friday.
New This Fall! Free Admission to all Film Series
events and Sundays at Seven for IAC Sponsor
level ($125) members and up! Call Sydney Snyder at 212 757 3318
ext 204 to reserve.
 Ronnie
Drew: September Song
Produced by Oscar-nominated Noel Pearson
Directed by Sinead O'Brien
Monday, September 21 | 8:00 pm
Running time: 55 minutes
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With the founding of his revolutionary folk band, The Dubliners in
1962, Ronnie Drew has become synonymous with his native Dublin. September
Song (2008) is an intimate portrayal of the legendary singer in which he
recalls growing up in his granny's house in Dun Laoghaire, the founding of The
Dubliners in O'Donoghue's pub on Merrion Row, his days of touring the world,
the poignant loss of his wife of forty years, and his own battle with cancer.
Featuring interviews with son Phelim, daughter Cliodhna and
friends and fans Bono, Billy Connolly and Damien
Dempsey. |
 Red
Roses & Petrol
Produced by Georgeanne Aldrich Heller
Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs
Monday, October 19 | 8:00 pm
Running time: 97 minutes
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Based on Joesph O’Connor’s darkly comic play of the same title, Red
Roses and Petrol (2003) explores the complex web of emotions that surface
when a Dublin family reunites for their father’s funeral. Starring
Golden Globe nominated actor Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork
Orange).
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 Garage
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Written by Mark O’Halloran (Adam & Paul)
Tuesday, November 17 | 8:00 pm
Running time: 85 minutes
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Winner, Essai Cinema Prize at Cannes Film Festival and Best Film Prize
at Turin Film Festival
Pat Shortt is a revelation. — Irish Times
Josie (Pat Shortt) has spent 20 years as the caretaker of
a crumbling petrol station in a small town Ireland. Despite loneliness and the
fact that his neighbors treat him as a figure of fun, he’s always good
natured, absurdly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy. Garage (2007)
is the story of Josie’s hapless search for intimacy over the course of
a summer that sees his little niche threatened and his life changed for ever.
Written and directed by Mark O'Halloran and Lenny Abrahamson,
the team behind the black comedy Adam and Paul . |
 Film Series Returns!
Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members
Scroll down for the full schedule
From Jim Sheridan and Terry George to Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson, over our thirty-six year history, the Irish Arts Center has been a creative home to some of Ireland and America’s film greats. We are proud to build on that tradition in 2009 with our monthly film series in the intimate Donaghy Theatre, offering you a chance to see hard-to-find screen gems we know you will love.
Irish Arts Center Film Series Spring 2009 Schedule
Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8Members
Tuesday, January 27 – 8 pm
Memory Brings Us Back: Irish Stories of Farewells and Fortunes (2008) This film by Derek Woods is the follow-up to While Mem’ry Brings Us Back Again, a 2006 book detailing the lives of older Irish immigrants living in America. Produced by the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers. Memory Brings Us Back tells the stories of ten men and women who came to America between 1929 and 1965. With music by Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies. Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members Click here or call 212.868.4444 to book now! |
Tuesday, February 24 – 8 pm
Dambé: The Mali Project (2008) Director Dearbhla Glynn takes viewers on a musical journey to the heart of Africa with acclaimed Irish musicians Liam O’Maonlaí (The Hothouse Flowers) and Paddy Keenan (The Bothy Band) as they travel thousands of miles through Mali, West Africa. Along their journey they meet and collaborate with musicians ranging from Grammy award winners to nomadic herders. The film culminates in a unique performance at the world’s most remote music festival – ‘Festival au Desert’. Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members Click here or call 212.868.4444 to book now! |
Tuesday, March 24 – 8 pm
Ceolchuairt (2008) In this Irish-language film project, director Paddy Hayes delves into the links between Irish music and dance and the traditions of cultures as far-flung as India, Norway, Bulgaria, Senegal, Harlem, and the Basque region of Spain. Join us for a selection of these fascinating explorations of music as the ultimate global connector.Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members Click here or call 212.868.4444 to book now! |
Tuesday, April 21 – 8 pm
Grandpa… Speak to Me in Russian (2007 ) In this docudrama, director Louis Lentin reconstructs the life of his Jewish grandfather, Kalman Solomon Lentin, who arrived in Ireland at the age of fourteen in the mid-1890s from the small Lithuanian shtetl of Zhidik. One of thousands who fled a repressive Russian regime, Kalman was one of very few who made their new home in Ireland. In this film, his grandson investigates Kalman’s past, traveling to Lithuania to discover his family’s roots A wonderful follow up to last season’s acclaimed Shalom Ireland, by Valerie Lapin Ganley, this film tells the story of a relatively unknown path within the larger Jewish diaspora. Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members Click here or call 212.868.4444 to book now! |
Tuesday, May 19 – 8 pm
Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration in Film We are proud to commemorate the opening of our exhibition Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Warrior at the Ulster American Folk Park (Omagh) with a special night of films in New York. First, the BBC special on the exhibition, curated by James J. Houlihan, which tells the story of Irish immigration to America through the sport of boxing. Followed by An Troid Fhuilteach (A Bloody Canvas) (2007), Andrew Gallimore’s account of the 1923 boxing world championship fight in Dublin, in which a Senegalese heavyweight champion and a journeyman boxer from Clare met in the ring. Set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War, the fight was a sensation attracting the attention of the world’s sporting press. But the story behind it, and its impact on the newly formed Irish Free State, is more fascinating still. Revisit this unknown chapter in Irish history, and the excitement and political turmoil that underscored it. Admission: $10 General Sale/ $8 Members Click here or call 212.868.4444 to book now! |
SHALOM IRELAND
A Documentary Film by Valerie Lapin Ganley
Los Angeles Irish Film Festival | The Jewish Experience | Saturday, October 4
Double Feature: Shalom Ireland and Grandpa... Speak To Me In Russian
Followed by Q & A by filmmakers Valerie Lapin Ganley and Louis Lentin
The Clarity Theatre,
Beverly Hills, CA
For further information visit www.lairishfilm.com or call 323.788.7744
Cork Festival of Jewish Culture | October 18 – 19, 2008
University College Cork
For further information contact: corkjewishfestival@gmail.com or call 086 3037623
Following our sold out presentation last fall, the award-winning
documentary Shalom Ireland plays the L.A. Irish Film Festival and the Cork Festival of Jewish Culture, both in
October. Shalom Ireland chronicles the history of Irish
Jewry, from IRA gun running during Ireland’s War of
Independence, to efforts to help fellow Jews escape the
Holocaust, to the election of the first Jewish Lord Mayor of
Dublin, Robert Briscoe. Don’t miss this fascinating, little
known chapter in Irish history.
Click here for the film's website.
More about the film:
From shopping at Erlich's kosher butcher shop on Clanbrassil Street, in the heart of Dublin’s "Little Jerusalem," to worshipping at Adelaide Road, the nation’s oldest synagogue, Ireland’s small, yet devout community of Irish Jews has carried on religious customs for hundreds of years.
During the late nineteenth century Eastern European Jews fled to Ireland to escape the religious persecution of the Tsars. They settled in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Derry and Belfast, and Ireland’s Jewish communities quickly grew as immigrants and their children made tremendous contributions to Irish society. Shalom Ireland tells the story of how Irish Jews participated in both the struggle for freedom in Ireland and the effort to create the state of Israel, looks at how World War II and the Holocaust impacted the Irish people and examines whether anti-Semitism took root in Ireland.
The country's Jewish population reached its peak after World War II, when there were about 5,500 Jewish people living in the country. The poor economic conditions that have long drained Ireland of its most precious resource—her people—have hit the Jewish community particularly hard. Recent efforts by Irish Jews to revitalize their community are bearing fruit: the recent Irish Census revealed that the country’s Jewish population has increased to nearly 1,800. Shalom Ireland documents the efforts of Irish Jews to honor their heritage and preserve their traditions for coming generations
Shalom Ireland was produced, directed and written by San Francisco Bay Area filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley, who won two Emmy Awards for her work on “Bay Window,” a show on San Fancisco’s PBS station WQED TV. The film, which is Ms. Lapin Ganley’s feature-length directorial debut, was inspired by her discovery that her great-grandparents were the first Jewish
couple married in Waterford, Ireland.
Irish Arts Center Film Series
 SPECIAL PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT
Absolutely Irish!
March 5 – 15
Wednesday – Friday
8:00pm
Saturday
2:00pm and 8:00pm
$12
An all-star concert film and documentary featuring performances by the world’s leading traditional Irish musicians, filmed live at the Irish Arts Center
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Irish Arts Center Film Series
Irish Arts Center
in association with
Temple Israel of the City of New York
The Jewish Center of Teaneck
Irish American Cultural Institute
presents
SHALOM IRELAND
A Documentary Film by Valerie Lapin Ganley
Saturday March 15 and Thursday, March 20
Following our sold out presentation last fall, we are proud to join with Temple Israel of the City of New York, the Jewish Center of Teaneck, and the Irish American Cultural Institute, in presenting two return engagements of Shalom Ireland.
Saturday, March 15th – 8 PM
Reel Judaism Series: "Celtic and Kosher"
The Jewish Center of Teaneck (in association with the Irish American Cultural Institute)
70 Sterling Place, Teaneck, NJ
For more information call (201) 833-0515
Thursday March 20th – 7:30 PM*
An Irish Purim Evening
Temple Israel of the City of New York
112 East 75th Street
* Irish Dinner & Purim hamantashen at 6:30 p.m
RSVP for dinner (212) 249-5000
www.templeisraelnyc.org
This award-winning documentary chronicles the history of Irish Jewry, from IRA gun running during Ireland’s War of Independence, to efforts to help fellow Jews escape the Holocaust, to the election of the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin, Robert Briscoe. Don’t miss this fascinating, little known chapter in Irish history. Click here for the film's website.
 Travellers
Documentary Film Screening
February 26th at 7:00 PM
$10 General Sale
In 1999, over 30 years after he took his celebrated photographs of an Irish travelling community or Travellers, Alen MacWeeney makes a journey of discovery into the past to try to meet his subjects again. This fascinating documentary is a journey of discovery for both Alen and his subjects as he shares his photographs and recordings for their delight, and also uses his work as clues to
shape the present.
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