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Down the Corner

Joe Comerford
1977 Ireland 53 minutes English

Ballyfermot, an underprivileged district in Dublin, 1977. A day in the life of a group of four 12-year old boys: school-life and street-life, a grandmother who recounts her memories of the struggle against the Black and Tans around 1918, a “raid” on the apple trees in the orchard, an accident which leads to hospitalization, the father of one of the boys who finds himself unemployed.

Production :
BFI British Film Institute; Ballyfermot Community Arts Workshop
Editing :
Bob Quinn; Joe Comerford
Sound :
Roger Doyle
Photography :
Adam Baker-Mill

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