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Mind Your Head
Saga Torkelson,
James Quinn McDonagh
This film will be followed by a Q&A
As an ethnic group, Irish Travellers are seven times more likely to take their own lives. Filmed over three years, McDonagh and Torkelson's documentary follows the challenges faced by Irish Traveller Andy Spoore on his journey to recovery. It considers the impacts of trauma generated through needless repetition of lived experience, the consequences of being made to feel ashamed and the barriers that prevent access to proper support. McDonagh and Torkelson seek to articulate solutions and assess societal reforms through the lens of criminal justice, medicine and community. As McDonagh says, "The goal of the film is to save one life, saving two would be priceless."
This film will be screened with Descriptive Subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH).

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