Edition 2022
97'
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2022
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
English
A documentary about the time Sinéad O'Connor was in the limelight. Not a hagiography, but an honest and raw look back at a glorious and precarious period.
A feature documentary that tells the story of Sinéad O’Connor's phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on prophetic words and deeds across a five-year period (1987-1992), the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer, through a contemporary feminist lens.
“Punished for voicing political opinions before it was cool, this charged documentary argues our culture failed the Irish singer. This unique music documentary strays far from bullet-pointed hagiography, instead digging deep into O’Connor’s childhood trauma and how it mirrors Ireland’s fraught past.” - IndieWire
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Credits
Directors
Kathryn Ferguson
Composers
Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley
Cast
Sinéad O'Connor
Scenario
Kathryn Ferguson, Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
Director of Photography
Luke Jacobs
Editors
Mick Mahon
Producers
Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
Production studios
Ard Mhacha Productions
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
Ireland, United Kingdom
Year
2022
Filmography
Kathryn Ferguson
Incredible Machines (2016), The Greatest Luxury (short, 2018), Taking the Waters (short, 2018), Space to Be (short, 2011), Nothing Compares (2022), Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024)
