Irish-American Film Series
Please join us at Bridgewater State College this Fall for the Irish-American Film Series.
Irish-American ethnicity has played an important role in American cinema since the Silent Era.
This series brings together films, many of them by Irish-American directors, that foreground or
examine this ethnicity. From the 1930s gangster tale to the narrative of return to Ireland, from
James Cagney to John Ford and the migratory Irish of today, these films give us a sense of
how cinema not only has represented but also has shaped and amplified many of the major
themes in the Irish-American experience.
All screenings take place on Wednesdays in the Moakley Center Auditorium (Room
100) and are free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Irish-American Studies Program.
Sept. 17, 4 pm: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938; dir. Michael Curtiz)
Sept. 24, 7 pm: Going My Way (1944, dir. Leo McCarey)
Oct. 1, 4 pm: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945, dir. Elia Kazan)
Oct. 15, 7 pm: The Quiet Man (1955, dir. John Ford)
Oct. 22, 4 pm: The Last Hurrah (1958, dir. John Ford)
Oct. 29, 7 pm: The Brothers McMullen (1995, dir. Edward Burns)
Nov. 5, 4 pm: Monument Ave. (1998, dir. Ted Demme)
Nov. 12, 7 pm: This is My Father (1999, dir. Paul Quinn)
For more information, please contact Professor Kathleen Vejvoda
(kvejvoda@bridgew.edu).
Last Modified: October 17, 2003
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