To the Western World is a documentary film directed by Margy Kinmonth. Narrated by John Huston and starring Niall Tóibín, Patrick Laffan, Tom Hickey (actor) & Brendan Cauldwell, the film charts the journey of John Millington Synge and Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats through Connemara in 1905.[1] The two men were sent by the Manchester Guardian to report on the 'Congested Districts', the most poverty-stricken and over populated parts of the West of Ireland.[2] The film is the first dramatisation of the original articles, which disappeared for decades after their publication. On their journey they described the economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, dress and lie-stock.
| To the Western World | |
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| Directed by | Margy Kinmonth |
| Produced by | Margy Kinmonth Brian Harding |
| Edited by | John Fanner |
Production companies | Foxtrot Films ITV |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film has previously won the European Community Award and was nominated for the Fiction Award at the Cork Film Festival.
Screenings edit
2009 Irish Film Institute and Dublin Theatre Festival’s “Unsung Synge”
References edit
- ^ "John Huston voices "To the Western World"". Foxtrot Films. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ Chrisafis, Angelique; correspondent, Ireland (2005-06-24). "Historic Guardian series recalled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
