DocArchive: Sawdust in their veins
Living a nomadic existence, circus life is like a small town on wheels keeping 60 to 70 people together for the duration of an 11 month tour. This documentary records the thoughts and emotions of vari...
23 Maalis 200941min
DocArchive: Tree Sixty Four
A documentary about the treetop protests that gripped the Irish psyche in the late 1990’s when a nature reserve in Co Wicklow became the focus of attention as a national primary route was upgraded to ...
22 Maalis 200941min
DocArchive (1983): Political Satire in Ireland
Mixing comedy and politics has a long tradition in Ireland. Beginning with the days of Dean Swift and taking in Dublin Opinion, this documentary talks to satirists about their work, and gauges the rea...
22 Maalis 200939min
DocArchive: In Search of Refuge
The late 1990's was a time when refugees became an issue of debate in Ireland. Since 1995, Ireland has hosted over 9,700 refugees. This documentary looks at the then situation for refugee/asylum seeke...
22 Maalis 200939min
DocArchive: Bantus, The Boers and The British
Rodney Rice gives a snapshot of apartheid in South Africa - a time when the system of separation denied some 22 million South Africans the right to vote, and a host of other human rights in the land o...
21 Maalis 200940min
DocArchive: Joxer in Jerusalem
Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey set in the working class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Irish Civil War period.This is the story of when the Gate Theatre in Dublin t...
20 Maalis 200942min
DocArchive: Smelter for Ireland
Ireland is the largest producer of zinc in Europe, and among the top ten producers in the world. The opening of Tynagh Mines in 1965 and Tara Mines in 1970 prompted a debate about the need for a natio...
20 Maalis 200940min
DocArchive: Born Under The Cabbage Leaves
The story of twin sisters from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin who were born in 1950s Ireland with congenital rubella syndrome. (Broadcast 2008)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Maalis 200939min
