Mother Ireland

This film explores the development and use of images and music which personify Ireland as a woman in Irish culture and nationalism. The film highlights how these cultural and stereotypical images of Ireland as a woman influence the idealised model of woman demanded by Irish society. It uses historical film, photographs, political drawings, cartoons and music to explore the largely unrecorded role of women in Irish history and presents realistic images of Irish women at work today.

Country:

Ireland

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

52 minutes

Year:

1988

Director:

Anne Crilly

Cast:
Bernadette Devlin

Pat Murphy

Nell McCafferty

Crew:
Mike Shirra

Editor

Jim Curran

Producer

Anne Crilly

Director

Brendan McMenamin

Producer

Stephanie English

Producer