NORTH CIRCULAR

Ireland 2022 - DCP - 85 minutes, in Gaelic with English subtitles and in English Director, Screenplay: Luke McManus

Producers: Elaine Gallagher, Luke McManus

Performers: Gemma Dunleavy, Johnny Flynn, Ian Lynch, Eoghan O’Ceannabhain, Lisa O’Neill, Séan Ó Túama

Print Courtesy: Lightdox

A real discovery, shot in beautiful black and white, North Circular is a documentary musical journey that travels the length of Dublin’s North Circular Road, exploring the history, music, and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country’s most beloved and infamous places. Told in 4:3 Academy ratio, the “old style” of pre-‘50s movies, the film evokes and draws on the history of the city and of Ireland itself, from colonialism to mental health, to the struggle for women’s liberation, while also engaging with urgent issues of today, including the battle to save the legendary Cobblestone Pub, center of Dublin’s recent folk revival, from destruction at the hands of cynical property developers. But this is, above all, a musical tour, including fabulous performances from artists local to the North Circular, including John Francis Flynn, Séan Ó Túama, Eoghan O’Ceannabháin, Ian Lynch, and Gemma Dunleavy. If you don’t know them now, you’ll want to after you see and hear North Circular —KE