This movie is going to have a lot of people talking.
In the JOE exclusive clip below, you can catch a glimpse of a scene from the upcoming Irish documentary A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot, in which we see a young boy showing off to the camera a buffet of different weapons that can be used on victims.
The movie explores the prolonged effects of the Troubles in Derry, and is written and directed by Sinéad O’Shea, who sets out to explore the question: ‘What causes a Derry mother to bring her son to be shot?’
As the movie’s official synopsis tells us: “One night in 2012, Majella O’Donnell took her teenage son Philly to a laneway near to her home to be shot in the legs by local gunmen.
“In the absence of a normal relationship with the police, dissident Republicans step in to combat a perceived drug epidemic with their own brutal form of justice. Majella was faced with an agonising choice: cooperate with a punishment shooting or risk even worse consequences for her son.”
Watch the clip here:
A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot goes on release in Irish cinemas from Friday 14 September, and you can watch the full trailer for the movie here.
There will be a Q&A with Sinead O’Shea after the screening on Friday 14 September at the Light House Cinema in Dublin, and then in the QFT in Belfast on Saturday 15 September, and finally at the Brunswick Movie Bowl in Derry on Sunday 16 September.
To find a cinema near you visit www.amotherbrings.com.
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