Underplayed Gems

To the Western World (1981)

To the Western World poster
Original title
To The Western World
Directed by
Margy Kinmonth
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
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This documentary follows playwright JM Synge and artist JB Yeats as they travel through western Ireland in 1905. The film dramatizes their journey reporting on poverty and economic conditions for a newspaper.

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What happens

To the Western World is a 1981 documentary film directed by Margy Kinmonth. Narrated by John Huston and starring Niall Tóibín, Patrick Laffan, Tom Hickey (actor) & Brendan Cauldwell, the film charts the journey of playwright JM Synge and artist JB Yeats through Connemara in 1905. The two men were sent by the Manchester Guardian to report on the 'Congested Districts', the most poverty-stricken and over populated parts of the West of Ireland. The film is the first dramatisation of the original articles, which disappeared for decades after their publication. On their journey they described the economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, dress and livestock. The film has previously won the European Community Award and was nominated for the Fiction Award at the Cork Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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