Craigavon, Craigavon Lakes, Lurgan, Portadown
2025
43min 27sec
sound
Digital
black and white, colour
Colm Laverty
Colm Laverty, Northern Ireland Screen
Northern Ireland Screen
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Filmmaker Colm Laverty looks at the story of Craigavon, a new city developed in line with the movement towards high-tech commmunal living.This film blends archive footage and contemporary interviews to tell the story of the Craigavon New City project and reflect on the hopes, complexities, and legacy of the project sixty years on.
Interviewees: Brian Banks, Clive Gordon, Isobel Hylands, Michael McKeown
Editor: Colm Laverty
Cinematographer: Will McConnell
Lurgan Townscape Heritage Scheme: David Weir
Additional footage provided by Michael MacBroom
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