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The Pipe Wins Major Award For Best Documentary at Galway Film Fleadh

category dublin | arts and media | news report author Tuesday July 13, 2010 23:32author by Michael Gallagher - Photographerauthor email libertypics at yahoo dot ie Report this post to the editors

A documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the people of Rossport in the West of Ireland and the efforts of the Shell oil company to lay a pipeline through their community. The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland.
Nigel O'Regan (editor); Rachel Lysaght (producer) and  Risteard Ó Domhnaill (directot and producer)
Nigel O'Regan (editor); Rachel Lysaght (producer) and Risteard Ó Domhnaill (directot and producer)

The rights of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing grounds, have come into direct conflict with one of the world’s most powerful oil companies. Whenthe citizens look to their State to protect their rights, they find that the government has put Shell’s right to lay a pipeline over their own. Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s compelling documentary follows three very different characters as the local community is plunged into turmoil, not only by their opposition to the project, but more tragically, by the struggles within their own campaign. ThePipe tells the story of a pipeline that can bring economic prosperity or destroy a way of life shared for generations.

http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/pr_2010.html

All pics unless stated © Michael Gallagher July 2010

Your comments are welcome, thank you.

A clip from the film, Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell being arrested at sea.  © Risteard Ó Domhnaill
A clip from the film, Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell being arrested at sea. © Risteard Ó Domhnaill

Willie Corduff (of Rossport Five) with friends at the premier.
Willie Corduff (of Rossport Five) with friends at the premier.

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A model of the area where the pipe is planned to go onshore through the estuary.
A model of the area where the pipe is planned to go onshore through the estuary.

author by Jimpublication date Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Where can the film be seen in Dublin or where can it be bought?

author by .publication date Wed Jul 14, 2010 14:35author address author phone Report this post to the editors

It's early days yet, but there is some interest from other festivals etc and distributers have to be found. But I'm sure it won't be long before it's on general release.

author by dunkpublication date Wed Jul 14, 2010 14:54author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Well done to all involved, keep up the struggle, solidarity from Barcelona... Rosspor Abú

The Pipe, official website - http://www.thepipethefilm.com/

The Pipe, trailer on YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm58nTYARzE
The Pipe, channel on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/thepipethefilm

The Pipe, on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pipe-The-Film/2704934...=wall

Irish Times mention of win - Galway Film Fleadh honours Lelia Doolan, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0706/1....html

The Pipe Wins Major Award at Galway Film Fleadh
The Pipe Wins Major Award at Galway Film Fleadh

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The Pipe, trailer


author by Sarah - N/a publication date Wed Jul 14, 2010 17:48author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Congrats to Richie and all involved! Just to point out though that is not Mary Corduff ,Willie's wife in the Photo above as the captions says

author by JMpublication date Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:22author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Galway Metro – Summer Festival 2010
FLEADH REVIEWS

Such a popular flick this one that another screening was held in the cinemobile on the Saturday morning. A documentary covering practically a decade of turmoil faced by the community in Rossport, Co Mayo.

The Pipe - movie poster image
The Pipe - movie poster image

Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/97210
author by Fred Johnstonpublication date Thu Jul 15, 2010 13:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Well done, folks, and a hundred times well done!

author by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite partypublication date Thu Jul 15, 2010 14:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Just checked the website.Pat is to be released on saturday. Hope he is not going to be replaced by Eoin Lawless, who had a damp meeting with one or two of our guardians of the corporate peace last night.Seems the abuse is to continue till morale improves.Business as usual.

author by Galteepublication date Thu Jul 15, 2010 22:41author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Big thanks to all who came to the screenings - you can follow The Pipe on facebook for updates and upcoming screenings

Related Link: http://www.thepipethefilm.com/
author by Hpublication date Thu Jul 22, 2010 15:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Thanks for the report and photos, but the central element of the story - i.e. the thing that is flagged in the headline - is missing from the story, namely what award the film won. I love Indymedia and I love that it is not mainstream media, but there are some basic conventions of mainstream media that Indymedia contributors would benefit from observing. One of them would be: if your headline says something, there should be something about that in the story.

author by Fearbolg - S2Spublication date Thu Jul 22, 2010 22:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors


Er.............

Best Feature Documentary?

author by oliverpublication date Thu Jul 22, 2010 22:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I saw the film in Galway and enjoyed it. I didn't understand why it left out the sinking of Pat's boat though, or why it chose to ignore the assault on Willy Corduff. It also ends with a text card saying that on the back of a planning board decision that went against them Shell are "reconsidering their options". Hardly, seems to everyone that its full steam ahead for Shell.

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