Derek Mahon Film - Viewing of Roger Greene's documentary
If you missed the screening of 'Derek Mahon: The Poetry Nonsense' in the IFI last month or you were one of the many turned away due to excess demand, there is a second opportunity to catch this documentary on Wednesday 16th. December at 6.00pm in the Synge Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin.

Derek Mahon and the producer/director of the film Roger Greene (IADT lecturer) will take part in a post screening discussion chaired by poet and TCD lecturer in English, Gerald Dawe.

'Derek Mahon: The Poetry Nonsense' is a 62 minute feature in the Documenting the Arts series funded by the Irish Film Board and the Arts Council. The film features contributions from poets Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Frank Ormsby and Gerald Dawe; literary critics Terence Brown, Eve Patten and Hugh Haughton; author Patricia Craig and publisher Peter Fallon. The documentary was filmed over a three month period in 2008/09 with locations in London, Belfast Dublin, Kinsale and Portrush.

For many years Derek Mahon has not courted publicity, allowing his poetry to speak for both itself  and himself so here for the first time in a documentary film, Mahon discusses his work, his past and his present.

The film explores the poetry of Mahon with its themes of displacement, identity, loss and exile whilst within his serious intent, irony and humour are never too far away. The selected poems included in the documentary are all read by Mahon.
The documentary was produced and directed by Roger Greene of Caranna Productions and Donald Taylor Black was the Executive Producer. Black is the Creative Director of the National Film School, IADT and Greene is a lecturer in media IADT.

 

Release Date: 9th. December '09


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