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Shooting the Darkness

A great photograph transforms the event. It's not just a record of it. It's something else
2019 | 53m | English

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Popularity: 2 (history)

Director: Tom Burke
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The testimony of the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own towns in Northern Ireland, when violence erupted around them. Instead of photographing weddings and celebrities, as they expected, they produced the images that crudely show the suffering of ordinary people between 1968 and 1998, the worst years of the conflict.
Release Date: Jan 30, 2019
Director: Tom Burke
Writer:
Genres: History, Documentary, TV Movie
Keywords 1970s, war photographer, northern ireland, irish mob, ira (irish republican army), photojournalism, sinn féin, 1980s, 1960s, 1990s, political repression, religious persecution, the troubles (north ireland, 1966-98), domestic terrorism, state terrorism, press photographer, irish unionist, irish republican, social prejudice, irish history
Production Companies RTÉ, ARTE GEIE, Broadstone Films
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 03, 2025
Entered: May 05, 2024
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Name Character
Alan Lewis Self - Press Photographer
Hugh Russell Self - Press Photographer
Paul Faith Self - Press Photographer
Crispin Rodwell Self - Press Photographer
Trevor Dickson Self - Press Photographer
Stanley Matchett Self - Press Photographer
Martin Nangle Self - Press Photographer
Tom Lawlor Self - Press Photographer
Frankie Quinn Self - Press Photographer
Sean O'Hagan Self - Press Photographer
Edward Daly Self - Catholic Priest (archive footage)
Martin Galvin Self - NORAID Member (archive footage)
Theresa May Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Self (archive footage)
Name Job
Kevin Breathnach Sound Post Supervisor, Sound Editor
Tom Burke Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Patrick Bolger Still Photographer
Tom Burke Director of Photography
Chris Woodcock Sound Recordist
Suzanne Biermann Production Manager
Gerry Horan Original Music Composer
Dave Hughes Color Grading
Aisling Calt Additional Editor
Thomas Kelly Researcher
Name Title
Heike Lettau Producer
Caroline Laub Producer
Sarah Ryder Executive Producer
Alan Maher Producer
Thomas Kelly Producer
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