History – Page 3 – Northern Visions & NVTV

The Happy Gordons

Archival Film. This documentary produced in 1996 takes a unique look at an Irish community once hidden by religious and traditional prejudices. Being gay in Ireland was once a crime, now Irish laws give gay and lesbians complete equality with heterosexuals. ‘The Happy Gordons’ explores the reasons for this sudden change of heart. Three gay Irish emigrants […]

I Remember Little Jerusalem

A Medi-Able Production Reminiscing on the Jewish quarter of Dublin. Raphael Siev talks about his childhood memories in the old Beth Hamedrash Hagodel Shul in Walworth Road, now the Irish Jewish Museum. Viewers may be interested to know that the great character actor, Barry Fitzgerald, was born just three doors down from the museum on […]

Turning The Tide

A film by Ben Jones Supported by Northern Visions, Community Media Association and Millennium Awards Despite its rural setting, Ballynahinch suffers from many of the same social problems as inner city Belfast. With an unusually high rate of suicide and a general sir of isolation and religious division, it makes an intimidating environment for any […]

Insider Revisted: Cheaper Than Chocolate

Northern Visions revisits Tiger’s Bay and the Dean Clarke tragedy to see the positive work being done by the community to give opportunities to young people.

Brigadista

A documentary with two Irish members of the International Brigades and their accounts of the time. The International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales) were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. Bob Doyle was […]