One Million Dubliners
Every plot has a story
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Synopsis:
Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland’s national necropolis. ONE MILLION DUBLINERS reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, love, redemption, emotion, history – and the business of death.
But this is really a film about life: the Saint Valentine’s Day rush in the florists; the American visitors eagerly searching for Irish ancestors; lost and longed for love; discovery and bereavement; earthy gravediggers and musicians in celebration. Above all, it’s the story of an immensely engaging Tour Guide shepherding his charges – and us – through the headstones and monuments, through opinions and beliefs. Filled with the familiar and the fascinating, this is a documentary that offers a glimpse into the unknown, into a world we will all come to share.
Often humorous, always affecting, ONE MILLION DUBLINERS explores life, death and the afterlife, and ends in a way that will stay with you forever. Even in a cemetery you never quite get used to death.
AVAILABLE TO BUY
On sale in all good DVD stores and digitally on Volta.ie (Ireland only)
AWARDS
Winner Silver World Medal: New York Festivals Awards World’s Best TV & Films, USA April 2016
Silver Award, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, USA December 2015
Best Feature Documentary, Sky Road Film Festival, Ireland October 2015
TV Award, Sandford Saint Martin Trust, UK May 2015
Best Editing Award (Emer Reynolds), Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA), Ireland May 2015
Director’s Choice Award, Irish Film Festival, Boston, USA March 2015
Best Irish Film of 2014, The Irish Times, Ireland December 2014
Best Irish Feature Documentary Film, Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland July 2014
