Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl | |
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Directed by | Perry Ogden |
Written by | Perry Ogden, Mark Venner |
Starring | Winnie Maughan, Michael Collins |
Distributed by | Pierre Grise Distribution |
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Language | English (subtitled due to accent) |
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl is a 2005 Irish slice of life film about an Irish Traveller girl and her family, directed by Perry Ogden. Most of the characters are played by the Maughan family themselves, led by youngest daughter Winnie. At the 2005 IFTA Awards, Ogden won Breakthrough Talent and Maughan was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film.
The Irish Traveller Movement (ITM) is a national organisation for members of the Travelling community and Traveller organisations in Ireland.
Irish Travellers, also known as Pavees or Mincéirs, are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland.
North Augusta is a city in Aiken and Edgefield counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, on the north bank of the Savannah River. It lies directly across the river, and state border, from Augusta, Georgia. The population was 24,379 at the 2020 census, making it the 21st-most populous city in South Carolina. The city is included in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and is part of the Augusta, Georgia, metropolitan area.
Tommy Tiernan (;) is an Irish comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his stand-up career, hosting The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present) and playing Gerry in the sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022).
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is a representative body for Irish youth organisations, a role that is recognised in the 2001 Youth Work Act. Currently there are 45 national youth organisations who are full member of the NYCI. The National Youth Council of Ireland is a nominating body for elections to Seanad Éireann.
Susan Maughan is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, "Bobby's Girl", reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It also reached number six in the Norwegian chart in that year according to VG-lista 1962.
Brenda Power is an Irish journalist, barrister and a radio and television broadcaster on RTÉ and Newstalk.
Pavee Point (PP) is a government-funded non-governmental organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that was formed to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people. Irish Travellers are an ethnic minority group that originated from nomadic tradespeople.
Film Ireland is a cultural cinema magazine published from 1987–2013 by Filmbase Centre for Film and Video in Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland's longest-running film publication. Film Ireland magazine ceased publication in 2013, but maintains an online presence.
The Long Grazing Acre is a collaborative album released by uilleann piper Paddy Keenan and guitarist/singer Tommy O'Sullivan in 2001, featuring a combination of traditional, original, and covered folk songs and instrumental tunes within the Irish Traditional Music idiom. A number of the tunes on this album were written by Keenan for the soundtrack of the 1997 film Traveller, including "The Pavee Jig", "Antara" and "The Twirly haired Girl", though they were not used in the score.
John Connors is an English-born Irish Traveller actor, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker and playwright best known for his role as Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series Love/Hate, for which he was nominated for best-supporting actor at the 2016 Irish film and television awards, and for Cardboard Gangsters, for which he won Best Actor at the 2018 Irish film and television awards.
At the Stage Door, also known by its working title Women of Conquest, is a 1921 silent American romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Billie Dove, Huntley Gordon, and Miriam Battista, and was released on December 11, 1921. The film gives a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes reality of life in the New York theater, as seen by a small town girl trying to make it in the big city. The picture received mixed reviews. This was Dove's first time on film, having moved over from the Ziegfeld Follies.
Perry Ogden is a British fashion and documentary photographer, and film director, based in Dublin. He is interested in Traveller culture.
The National Traveller Women's Forum (NTWF) is an Irish network of traveller women and women's groups.
Rosaleen McDonagh is an Irish activist, playwright, author, and Traveller.
Eileen Flynn is an Irish independent politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
Oein DeBhairduin is an Irish Traveller activist, educator, administrator, and writer. He is the co-founder of LGBT Tara.
Irish Traveller Americans are Americans who are of Irish Traveller descent. There are an estimated 7,000-40,000 Irish Traveller Americans. Irish Travellers are an ethnic group with origins in Ireland; they may or may not consider themselves to be Irish or Irish American.