Bernadette: Notes On A Political Journey (2011)
Dir. Lelia Doolan, English, Ireland
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Sun 19 October 2014 // 19:30
/ Cinema
The youngest woman ever elected to the British Parliament, Bernadette Devlin (born 1947) personified the young radical Catholics of Northern Ireland at the onset of the modern troubles. She intermixed socialism, Irish republicanism, anti-clericalism, and feminism with general political impracticality and radical brashness. This documentary, made over a nine year period, charts the story of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey's political journey since her explosive entry into the public arena in the late sixties. Combining archive footage with a series of intimate interviews conducted with Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, director Lelia Doolan perfectly encapsulates the idiosyncrasies and rebelliousness which has fuelled her subject's pivotal role at the heart of civil rights, feminism and socialism in Northern Ireland.
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey currently co-ordinates a publicly funded cross-community grassroots organisation in her home in County Tyrone. Chance for a discussion after the film.
