Documenting a bit of blarney in the WH

[bigtree]

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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A new documentary which explores President Barack Obama’s Irish roots will be screened at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

“Barack Obama’s Irish Roots” is a 90-minute film which charts the 8,000 journey of Obama’s ancestors from County Offaly to Hawaii, via Maryland, Indiana and Kansas.

Created by Irish filmmaker Gabriel Murray and produced by Don McGuiness, the film has secured a worldwide distribution deal with the U.S distributor who hopes to market the film to the Irish Diaspora.

"This is a simple story of how one Irish family emigrated to America -- one of millions but an Irish family related to the most powerful man now in the western world. I wanted to find out what caused this family to leave Ireland and what drove them to trek across America," Murray told the Irish Independent.


read: http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Documentary-on-Obamas-Irish-roots-set-for-Cannes-Film-Festival-121628459.html

Watch clip of President Barrack Obama talking about his Irish roots in 2007- (http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Documentary-on-Obamas-Irish-roots-set-for-Cannes-Film-Festival-121628459.html)

[JaneQPublic]

1. I love Irish Central

I read it almost everyday. It's in dire need of a good copyeditor, but it has lots of fun and newsy articles. Plus, the comments sections following articles are chocked full of right-wingers who are fun to argue with.

[mopinko]

2. hey, i would like to see it. i just found out from this

that barack and i came from the same county.

[struggle4progress]

3. Someone has to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkw8ip43Vk