Documentary film: The Richness of Change

The Richness of Change is a series of ten ultra-short films, documenting immigration into Ireland, that I directed. Each one-minute film tells the story of one person’s move to Ireland. The films were produced by Fomacs and were broadcast on RTE in April 2008. They were commissioned by the Immigrant Council of Ireland, and originally shown at the Council’s conference, ‘The Richness of Change’, on October 4, 2007.

Review of 2007: The days before the Africans

Originally published in Village, Sunday, 30 December 2007

“In dem days was before the Africans came to Parnell Street.” Them days was before the Africans came to our stages, too.

This was the year when immigrants got themselves a mayor, a minister, and a voice on the Irish stage. As in politics, so too in the theatre: most of the talking for immigrants is being done by the Irish – but not all.