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North Belfast
1982
Digitised as part of Unlocking Film Heritage / Courtesy of UTV Archive
16mm
colour
26min 49sec
sound
British Film Institute, ITV
ITV
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Discover what life is like in an enclosed community of nuns from one of the strictest orders of the Catholic Church.
Get a rare look at life inside this enclosed order nearly 60 years after it first arrived in Belfast and 30 years before its closure. Their total commitment to God is expressed through a medieval regime with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and enclosure. The vow of enclosure meant that the nuns were only allowed four visits a year from relatives and even then they would converse from behind a metal grill as seen in this film.
Digitised as part of Unlocking Film Heritage
An Ulster Television production
Contributors: Sister Mary, Sister Assumption, Sister Michael
Camera: Ramsey Nelson, B. Scott, D. Swift
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