The Boys of St.
Columb’s
Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:30 p.m
Cowell Hall, Rm. 106, University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St, San Francisco - Campus Map & Directions
Scriptwriter and co-producer of the 2009 documentary film, The Boys of St. Columb’s, Maurice Fitzpatrick will talk about the ways in which the political and historical conditions in Northern Ireland altered in response to the groundbreaking 1947 Education Act and how these changes drew support from the U.S., linking Irish politics and art with Irish diasporic identity. The 50-minute film, which follows the talk, focuses on St. Columb’s School in Derry as a lens to understand these changes. The producer interviews eight of the school’s most internationally renowned alumni: Paul Brady, Phil Coulter, Dr. Edward Daly, Seamus Deane, Eamonn McCann, James Sharkey—and its two Nobel Prize winners, John Hume and Seamus Heaney. Fitzpatrick was graduated in literature from Trinity College, Dublin and is currently Lecturer in English at Keio University, Tokyo. His publications include articles on Kurosawa’s cinematic interpretation of Shakespeare and the novels of Colm Toibin. This event is co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco, the Irish Literary & Historical Society, and the San Francisco Irish Film Festival. USF faculty, students, and staff and members of the Irish Literary & Historical Society are free. A donation is requested from the general public to help defray expenses. |  |