Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins (2016)
- Directed by
- Laura McNicholas, Ann Marie Hourihane
- Genre
- documentary film, biographical film, historical film
- Country
- Ireland
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1926, the Irish government asked poet W.B. Yeats to lead a committee choosing new coin designs for the Free State. The film shows the disagreements and negotiations behind the scenes before the coins became a lasting symbol of the new nation.
nuancedmeasuredcerebralarchival-feelquietly determinedhistorically groundedintriguing
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