Description |
2 videodiscs (263 min.) : sound, color with some b/w segments. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital 2.0, 4:3 "letterbox," NTSC all regions. |
Performer |
Narrator, Fiona Shaw. |
Credits |
Directors, Alan Gilsenan (pt. 1, 5), David Roberts (pt. 2, 4), Dearbhla Walsh (pt. 3) ; music, Deborah Mollison ; photography, Peter Dorney ... [et al.] ; series producer, Ritchie Cogan ; executive producers, Andre Singer, James Mitchell, Chris Hilton. |
Note |
Based on an original idea by Patrick Bishop. |
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DVD release of the television series. Art and design: WinStar TV & Video, Inc., c2000. |
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"Produced in association with Australian Film Finance Corporation, Programme Rights Company with assistance from NSW Film and TV Office." |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Explores the history of the Irish experience abroad as seen by Irish migrants themselves and as others perceive them. Covers the diversity and scale of Irish migration, the rise of Irish emigrants from slaves and convicts to plantation owners and influential politicians, Ireland's women emigrants, religious beliefs of Irish emigrants, and how the reality of Ireland today differs from the Ireland imagined by emigrants and their descendents. |
Contents |
Pt. 1. The scattering -- Pt. 2. Building the world -- Pt. 3. A world apart -- Pt. 4. Keeping the faith -- Pt. 5. Dreams of home. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Ireland -- History.
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Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Irish -- Foreign countries -- History.
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National characteristics, Irish.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Added Author |
Gilsenan, Alan. Director.
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Walsh, Dearbhla. Director.
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Shaw, Fiona, 1958- Narrator.
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Little Bird (Firm)
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Café Productions Ltd.
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Hilton Cordell & Associates.
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
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BBC Northern Ireland.
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SBS Independent.
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WinStar TV and Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Scattering.
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Building the world.
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World apart.
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Keeping the faith.
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Dreams of home.
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ISBN |
9780769788623 |
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0769788629 |
Standard No. |
032031446397 |
Music No. |
D4463 Kultur |
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