Podcast: Joe Lee, Director of '406 Days'
In this podcast, Joe Lee talks about directing this powerful look at solidarity, resilience and the people behind one of Ireland’s most significant workplace disputes.
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Joe is a native Dubliner, Fine Art Printmaker & filmmaker who graduated from the NCAD in the 1980s. His career spans documentary film, TV, visual art and community-based projects. His work has been produced with major cultural institutions including IMMA, the National Museum of Ireland and the Abbey Theatre. His award-winning films include The Area, Fortunes Wheel, Barracks Square Estate and 406 Days – The Debenhams Picket Line, documenting Irish art, history, communities and social issues.
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Review: 406 Days
Lisa Dempsey reviews 406 Days, winner of the 2023 Dublin International Film Festival Audience Award and 2023 ICCL Human Rights Film Award.
Podcast: Fergus Dowd, Producer of '406 Days' & Carol Ann Bridgeman, Ex-Debenhams worker
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks about the filming of the Debenhams picket line with 406 days with producer Fergus Dowd and activist Carol Ann Bridgeman.
Article: “Get an Angry Animal into Your Act." Joe Lee on Filming Fortune’s Wheel
Joe Lee spoke to Film Ireland about his documentary Fortune’s Wheel, which tells the fascinating story of lion-tamer Bill Stephens in 1950s Dublin. One Sunday afternoon in 1951 in Dublin’s Fairview Cinema, audiences were being transported to the exotic plains of the film Jungle Stampede, which featured...
Review: Fortune's Wheel
Joe Lee’s documentary revisits a forgotten Dublin story of ambition, danger and community, exploring the enduring mystery surrounding an eccentric circus couple and their remarkable past. Dee O’Donoghue reviews.