Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/ireland-c115all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:52:30 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/how-the-myth-was-made-p789.aspx Product789 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:27:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/how-the-myth-was-made-p789.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/how-the-myth-was-made.jpg" alt="How the Myth Was Made" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/how-the-myth-was-made-p789.aspx">How the Myth Was Made</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/how-the-myth-was-made-p789.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>George Stoney says he has dumb luck. His grandfather was the doctor on the island in Ireland where the legendary maker of documentary film, Robert Flaherty, shot his film Man of Aran. So Stoney's film, exploring the effects Flaherty's film had on the island and its people, is digging into his own roots as an individual while simultaneously studying the work of his intellectual mentor as a producer of nonfiction films.<div><br /><div>Robert Flaherty's 1934 classic Man of Aran chronicled fishermen's struggle for existence on Ireland's bleak Aran Islands. Stoney revisits the islands and interviews surviving locals about their memories of the original film - and their reactions to making this one. It includes excerpts from the original documentary. Stoney says, "<i>How the Myth Was Made</i> illustrates what I believe to be a common truth: the filmmaker always leaves his mark on the places and the people he films."</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/ireland-c115all.aspx">Ireland</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx Product283 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:38:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/village.jpg" alt="The Village" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx">The Village</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/the-village-p283.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><div><b>New 2020 Digitally Remastered Edition</b><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>The Village</i> is an&nbsp;intimate study of the slow-paced diurnal round of activity in Dunquin <span style="font-size:13px;">(</span>native name <i>Dún Chaoin</i>), County Kerry, Ireland.</div><div><br /><div>At the time of filming in 1967, the village consisted of only 180 people, <g class="gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling" id="21" data-gr-id="21">most</g> elderly and poor. This portrait was filmed at a time when acculturation by urban tourists was just beginning. The language, customs and subsistence techniques of Dunquin are presented without commentary or narration.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Throughout this vérité exploration, key village characters <g class="gr_ gr_392 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="392" data-gr-id="392">emerge:</g> the postmistress, who dispenses sweets, gossip, and pensions; and the pub owner, who is also a landlord, grocer, and traditional yarn-spinner. Despite being isolated from the rest of the country and depleted by emigration, the society, traditions, and lives of Dunquin carry on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Arguably the first ethnographic film to be completed in the style that would become known as Observational Cinema, <i>The Village</i> offers a marked contrast with Robert Flaherty's 1934 documentary <i>Man of Aran</i>, made in the same subculture.</div><blockquote><div>"The heart of <i>The Village</i>... is the culture of the peasants today... remarkable how many of the folkways are captured in only seventy minutes." – John C. Messenger, <i>American Anthropologist</i>, 1972<br /></div></blockquote></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/ireland-c115all.aspx">Ireland</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>