Derry the Oak Grove by Molly Phillips and Tom Hannigan

Details

Location

Co. Donegal, Derry/Londonderry, Donegal

Year

2023

Date

Length

11min 02sec

Audio

sound

Format

Digital

colour

Source

-

Courtesy

Reel Borders

Rights Holder

Reel Borders

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Description

Directed by Molly Phillips and Tom Hannigan

This essay film is a timeless journey through past archive and present footage of Derry, a small border city saturated in the remains of myths and legends of thousands of years, and how the idea of a border may in itself become a myth.

Credits

Directed by Molly Phillips and Tom Hannigan

Images by Molly Phillips, Tom Hannigan, Terence McDonaly, Fr Doherty, Irene Gutiérrez, Diana Cheung and Anonymous 

Produced by Kevin Smets

Edited by Irene Gutiérrez

Music: Dreams Coming True by Lalo Brickman 

The footage used in theis film is taken from amateur films made between the 1940s and 1970s in Derry and Donegal from the following collections: 

Terence McDonald collection: A City Solitary (1963), A Fairview Films Production, Directed by Terence McDonald, Produced by Terence McDonald and John Hume

Courtesy of Peter McDonald, Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and the IFI Irish Film Archive 

Terence McDonald collection: Two Hours from London (1968), A Fairview Films Production, Directed by Terence McDonald, Produced by Terence McDonald and John Hume

Courtesy of Peter McDonald, Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and the IFI Irish Film Archive  

Terence McDonald collection: The Secret (1973), A Fairview Films Production, Directed by Terence McDonald.

Courtesy of Peter McDonald, Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and the IFI Irish Film Archive

The Terence McDonald collection is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive 

Northern Ireland Tourist Board collection: Lough Erne and District (1957). Produced by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and National Museums NI

Northern Ireland Tourist Board collection: Around Northern Ireland (1958-1959). Produced by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and National Museums NI 

Northern Ireland Tourist Board collection: Boat Trip to Rathlin (1957). Produced by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and National Museums NI  

Northern Ireland Tourist Board collection: Colour Rushes from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (1958). Produced by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive and National Museums NI 

Archdeacon Doherty collection: Miscellaneous (1940s-1970s). Produced by Archdeacon Doherty. Courtesy of the IFI Irish Film Archive. The Archdeacon Doherty collection is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive 

Special thanks to Gemma Gfeller, Margaret Gordon, Seamus Gordon, Tom Hannigan, Sean Harkin, Molly Phillips, Francis Jones (Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive), Kasandra O'Connell (IFI Irish Film Archive) and Peter McDonald

Nerve Centre: Diana Cheung, Niall Kerr, Joe Carlin, Richard Taylor, Mik O'Connell and Laura Aguair

Thanks to Silvia Almenara-Niebla, Yazan Badran, Bart De Rauw, Jay McGlinchey, Bernard Donaghey, Mohammed Firdose (aka FD), Marie Sauvé and Lennatt Soberon

Queen's University Belfast: Katy Hayward, Cathal McCall, Des O'Rawe and Cahal McLaughlin 

© Belgium - Ireland - Northern Ireland 2023  

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