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Shooting the Darkness 2019 Directed by Tom Burke

A great photograph transforms the event. It's not just a record of it. It's something else

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.

Production Countries France , Germany , Ireland
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Companies ARTE GEIE , RTÉ , BAI , Broadstone Films
Release Date 30 January 2019
53 mins
Cast
Alan Lewis
Alan Lewis Self - Press Photographer
Hugh Russell
Hugh Russell Self - Press Photographer
Paul Faith
Paul Faith Self - Press Photographer
Crispin Rodwell
Crispin Rodwell Self - Press Photographer
Trevor Dickson
Trevor Dickson Self - Press Photographer
Stanley Matchett
Stanley Matchett Self - Press Photographer
Martin Nangle
Martin Nangle Self - Press Photographer
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor Self - Press Photographer
Frankie Quinn
Frankie Quinn Self - Press Photographer
Sean O'Hagan
Sean O'Hagan Self - Press Photographer
Edward Daly
Edward Daly Self - Catholic Priest (archive footage)
Martin Galvin
Martin Galvin Self - NORAID Member (archive footage)
Theresa May
Theresa May Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Self (archive footage)
Crew
Director
Tom Burke
Tom Burke
Producers
Heike Lettau
Heike Lettau
Caroline Laub
Caroline Laub
Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly
Alan Maher
Alan Maher
Executive Producer
Sarah Ryder
Sarah Ryder
Cinematography
Tom Burke
Tom Burke
Tom Burke
Tom Burke
Composer
Gerry Horan
Gerry Horan
Editor
Tom Burke
Tom Burke
Sound
Kevin Breathnach
Kevin Breathnach
Additional Photography
Patrick Bolger
Patrick Bolger