July 18, 3pm, The Informer (1935) directed by John Ford.

July 18, 3pm, Free Online
The Informer (1935) John Ford, 1hr 31m
https://watchbeem.com/cowatch/the-informer-1935
Panelist : Aodh Ó Coileáin (Hugh), Billy Ché Brooks

Forcefully and intelligently written, directed, and acted, John Ford’s The Informer deals with the Irish rebellion against British authority prior to 1922, when the creation of the Irish Free State finally removed the hated symbols of British domination.

Amidst the rebellion-rife slums of Dublin, peasant Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen) and sex worker Katie Madden (Margot Grahame) are trying to get money for passage to America. After reproaching her, Gypo is in turn taunted for his miserable poverty and inability to provide money. Stung by the girl’s bitterness, Gypo, in fascinated horror at his own wickedness, deliberately turns informer on his best friend to obtain a £20 reward.

Aodh Ó Coileáin (Hugh)
Originally from Dingle, Ó Coileáin is a broadcaster, film-maker, and lecturer who has also served as head of news at Radio na Gaeltachta and was co-founder of Irish language theatre company Na Fánaithe. His involvement in theatre began in childhood.

 

Floyd Webb
Floyd Webb is a filmmaker, curator and founder of the Blacklight Film Festival, Black World Cinema screening series and bwcTV.yv streaming channel. He was associate producer of Julie Dash’s Daughters of the dust, producer and director of music videos and commercials, and works in digital media production. His career as a cultural worker began during his participation as a 15 year old in 1969, with the Black Panther Party Rainbow Coalition and co-directing the National Committee to Combat Fascism in Maywood, IL.