McClean, Mairead (2010) For the record. In: History Talks, 17 March 2010, University of Greenwich. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Discusses her film, For the Record, the making of which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The research material used in the making of FOR THE RECORD consists of official records, private diaries, personal testimony, historical expert interviews and archive footage - all related to the Internment period 1956-1960 in Northern Ireland. Through the use of clips from the film and footage that did not make it into the final cut, this talk examines how selected material is used and to what purpose.
FOR THE RECORD is a film about a daughter documenting a period in her father's life and centres on PJ McClean's prison diary, secretly written on the inside of envelopes during the first 30 days in his cell. This brings the viewer into the intimate space of personal testimony. This intimacy is also reflected in the interviews between father and daughter. Throughout the film the diaries are illustrated by experimental Super8 and 16mm footage shot by the filmmaker, over a period of 10 years, of home life. The film unravels the complex story of internment; the why, the how and the ‘for what’? Official records obtained from the Public Records Office Northern Ireland (which have been closed to the public for the past fifty years) combine with archive footage of the then Northern Irish Prime Minister, Basil Brookeborough, to give a wider political perspective to this personal testament. FOR THE RECORD deals with memory, memorabilia and the question of testimony in a complex political landscape. [From the Author]

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Lecture)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	history, Northern Ireland, internment 1956-1960, film,
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Humanities & Social Sciences > Department of Communications & Creative Arts
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2019 12:09
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2063

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