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Shooting the Darkness

Movie"A great photograph transforms the event Its not just a record of it Its something else"
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78
Shooting the Darkness
NR 53 minHistory, Documentary, TV Movie
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The testimony of the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own towns in Northern Ireland when violence erupted around them Instead of photographing weddings and celebrities as they expected they produced the images that crudely show the suffering of ordinary people between 1968 and 1998 the worst years of the conflict
StarringAlan LewisHugh RussellPaul Faith
DirectorTom Burke

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Sarah Ryder
Production Companies:RTÉ Broadstone Films ARTE GEIE BAI
Shooting the Darkness on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
1970s1980s1960s1990spolitical repressionnorthern irelandsocial prejudiceira (irish republican army)war photographerphotojournalism