Black 47 Movie Screening: 15 May 2019
Event
02 May 2019
The Consulate General of Ireland and AOH Atlanta present a screening of Lance Daly's Black 47, Wednesday 15 May 2019, Plaza Theatre Atlanta 7-9.30pm
Join us for a film screening of Black 47 by Lance Daly with a Q&A to follow. Tickets onsale here
Ireland's Great Famine is fundamental to an understanding of Ireland's story. It's estimated that the Famine caused 1 million deaths in 6 years from starvation or hunger-related disease with a further 1 million Irish people emigrating. This meant that Ireland lost a quarter of its population during those terrible years.
The film Black ‘47, serves to remind us of the scale and severity of the Great Famine, and of its significance for the subsequent history of Ireland - and of Irish America. The continued existence of an Irish American identity is a legacy of the Irish famine. The Great Hunger led to the formation of an extensive global Irish community that was both determined to assert its position within American society and retain its affiliation with its ancestral homeland.
Movie Synopsis: It’s 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine. Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and re-unite with his estranged family only to come face-to-face with the full horrors of this period. With little else to live for, he sets on a destructive path to avenge his family.
