Clooney Road, Grangewood, Gransha Hospital
1960s
21min 16sec
sound
16mm
colour
Digitised as part of Unlocking Film Heritage
British Film Institute, Peter McDonald, Terence McDonald
Irish Film Archive, Peter Mc Donald
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Witness the changing face of psychiatric care in this hospital sponsored public information film.
Follow the six week journey to recovery of a fictional patient in the real Gransha Psychiatric Hospital. This film is written and directed by John Hume, the principle architect of the Good Friday Agreement and a leading figure in the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. Glimpse the recreational, occupational and industrial therapies that indicate the gradually changing attitudes and provision for the treatment of mental illness in the Derry hospital.
Digitised as part of Unlocking Film Heritage.
A Fairview Films production
Written and Directed by John Hume
Produced by John Hume and Terence Mc Donald
Camera: Terence Mc Donald
Production Supervisor: Roger O'Doherty
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