Broadcast Partner
Friday 11 November 2022
"The Cobblestone Pub in Smithfield is the beating heart of Dublin's thriving folk scene, a scene that has produced award-winning acts like Lankum, Landless, John Francis Flynn and Lisa O'Neill. When the Cobblestone was threatened with redevelopment as a tourist hotel in 2021, the folk community took to the streets to protest and demand that the pub be saved from the wrecking ball. The Cobblestone Uprising is just one of the stories that is told in North Circular, Luke McManus's new documentary - an unusual black and white documentary musical that tells the story of life along Dublin's gritty North Circular Road. The stories of the streets are interspersed with stunning performances of traditional songs and folk ballads performed on the streets or in the Cobblestone itself. North Circular has already won four film festival awards and made its international premiere at the prestigious Sheffield DocFest
Variety wrote that "North Circular is a film that shines such depth and complexity on bigger subjects like gentrification, community and history through touching personal stories, creating a love letter to this iconic place which has a turbulent history as well as present.”
North Circular will be coming to Cambridge on Sunday November 20th for a one-off special screening at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse at 3pm. The director will introduce the film and the TV presenter and stand-up comedian Dara O'Briain will host a post-screening Q & A. This exclusive event is presented in association with the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Tickets available here - https://ticketing.picturehouses.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=002&txtSessionId=43910&visLang=1
