On November 6-18, the 20^th anniversary for the Northern Irish peace agreement and the 50^th anniversary for the civil rights movement will be marked in Cinemateket where Centre for Irish Studies and the Embassy of Ireland present a film series on Troubles Cinema. The film series presents cinematic interpretations of the conflict in Northern Ireland. 

Programme

21.30 Screening of Nothing Personal with introduction by Prof. Henrik Vigh

Context 

Most people know or have heard of the Irish underground army IRA, but the Protestant paramilitary is far less investigated and cinematically explored. Often, the Protestant paramilitary is made out to be dim-witted violent psychopaths, which has great consequences as to how they and the Protestant working class have been involved in the peace process since. Henrik Vigh, Professor of anthropology, has made ethnographic fieldwork with one of the biggest Protestant paramilitary organisations: the Ulster Volunteer Force. In the introductory talk for the film, he will try to broaden the perspective on the paramilitary and explain how you can understand the phenomenon ‘Protestant paranoia’. 

About the film

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan, 1995 / 85 min. + 30 min. intro/Q&A

The scene of action is Belfast in the year 1975 when Catholic and Protestant paramilitary terrorise both each other and the general public. An IRA bomb explodes in a Protestant area without warning, and a group of people – roughly based on the real group ‘Shankill Butchers’ – takes to the streets to avenge themselves onto any Catholic they can find. This is how the two childhood friends Kenny and Liam are brought together – when Kenny’s men coincidentally kidnap Liam. In general, the film clearly depicts the spiral of violence without an end, and in the encounter, we see how the spiral forces friends apart and propels the next generation into the hatred, even if they have a wish for peace.

Practical information

Place: Cinemateket, Gothersgade 55, Kbh K
Time: 6. November 2018 - 18. November 2018
Tickets: (80 DKK, only 50 DKK for the members of Cinemateket. Tickets are ordered by phone (+45) 33 74 34 12 or via Cinemateket's website: https://www.dfi.dk/cinemateket/biograf/filmserier/serie/17097.
For more information on Cinemateket and benefits of membership, please visit: http://www.dfi.dk/Filmhuset/Cinemateket/medlemssite.aspx