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Keepers of the Flame

2018 · 85 min

A reflective, interview-driven look at how a nation carries contested history, moving between personal testimony and collective memory.

Directed by: Nuala O'Connor
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Nuala O’Connor, Mary Black, Aidan Gillen

Overview: Documentary about how the Irish remember those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and the ensuing civil war.

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Directed by: Nuala O'Connor
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Nuala O’Connor, Mary Black, Aidan Gillen

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
war
identity
politics
grief
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	2
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Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Nuala O'Connor
Written by: Diarmaid Ferriter, Nuala O'Connor
Starring: Nuala O’Connor, Mary Black, Aidan Gillen, Philip King, Aine Lawlor, Dermot McLoughlin, Aisling Ni Shúilleabháin, Joseph O'Connor
Music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Ireland
Languages: English

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