The Irish for Sex
(1 Hour TV Documentary)
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“What is the Irish for fingering?” And what goes missing when a language is documented only by men or sanitised to protect the idea of a saintly female population? Award-winning and outrageous bilingual standup Bláithín de Burca takes us on a jubilant journey into the Irish language past, present and future in search of wild and wanton womens’ words to unlock a uniquely Irish experience of womanhood.
Starring: Bláithín deBurca
Director: Maya Derrington
Producer: Emma Keane
DOP & GFX: Eileen Timmons
Location Sound: Mary Harkin
Research & Translation: Réaltín McElhinney
Editor: Fionnuala Ní Chiobháin
Colourist: Natalia Witkowska
Sound Designer: Tim O’Donovan
Online Editor: Lisa Heeran
Executive Producers: Debbie Thornton, Jean Devlin, Aifric Ní Chianáin, Sarah Ryder
Production Company: Animo TV
Year: 2024
Language: Gaeilge, English
Duration: 52”
Funded by RTÉ One Cláracha Gaeilge and Coimisiún na Meáin.
(1 Hour TV Documentary)
WATCH ON THE RTÉ PLAYER
“What is the Irish for fingering?” And what goes missing when a language is documented only by men or sanitised to protect the idea of a saintly female population? Award-winning and outrageous bilingual standup Bláithín de Burca takes us on a jubilant journey into the Irish language past, present and future in search of wild and wanton womens’ words to unlock a uniquely Irish experience of womanhood.
Starring: Bláithín deBurca
Director: Maya Derrington
Producer: Emma Keane
DOP & GFX: Eileen Timmons
Location Sound: Mary Harkin
Research & Translation: Réaltín McElhinney
Editor: Fionnuala Ní Chiobháin
Colourist: Natalia Witkowska
Sound Designer: Tim O’Donovan
Online Editor: Lisa Heeran
Executive Producers: Debbie Thornton, Jean Devlin, Aifric Ní Chianáin, Sarah Ryder
Production Company: Animo TV
Year: 2024
Language: Gaeilge, English
Duration: 52”
Funded by RTÉ One Cláracha Gaeilge and Coimisiún na Meáin.
March 2024
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