Description:
The
untold story of how—over a forty-year period—an NYPD cop brought
over twenty-three thousand children from the worst areas of the
troubles in Northern Ireland to America for a summer of getting away
from it all, not only winning their hearts and minds, but also
influencing American politicians and contributing to winning peace in
Northern Ireland. In 1975 Denis Mulcahy—an Irish Immigrant—decided
he couldn’t stand idly by whilst Northern Ireland blew up on his
nightly news bulletin. Along with his family and neighbours in small
town New York he started a scheme that would ultimately see
twenty-three thousand children escape the worst of the violence and
in the process discover they had more in common with the 'enemy' at
home than they thought. From the seemingly intractable conflict of
the early seventies to the signing of an historic agreement in the
late nineties, we chart the incredible story of how one man’s
visionary approach to reconciliation paved the way for peace in
Northern Ireland.
Biography: Ed Stobart is a multi award winning producer and director who has delivered successful, high quality series and films for all the UK’s major terrestrial and digital broadcasters, and his work has been seen in over 150 territories around the world. He executive produces all of Alleycats' output – the documentary feature How To Defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story, BBC4’s Killing me Softly, The Roberta Flack Story; Here Comes the Summer, The Undertones Story; and All4/C4 Helluva Tour are highlights. Among his many award winning credits, Ed Stobart Executive Produced Pink Saris, directed by Kim Longinotto, which was BAFTA and Grierson nominated, winner of the Prix Europa, selected at numerous festivals including IDFA, UNAFF 2011 and Sheffield, and broadcast on HBO, C4 and elsewhere worldwide.
Des Henderson is an award winning director with ten years experience originating and directing hard-hitting and startling factual content for a range of broadcasters, including the BBC, C4 and RTE. Des is currently in post-production on his latest feature-documentary that will screen at film festivals in the fall. Credits include: How To Defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story (2016), My Wig and Me (2016), 1000 Year Old Family (2016), Keepin’ ‘Er Country (BBC 2015), Hit the Stage (BBC 2013), and Life Patrol (BBC 2012).
