Critically Acclaimed Doc THE PIPE Released on DVD Nationwide Today 17th June
Hot from its recent successful screenings across North America and the U.K the Irish documentary THE PIPE will be released nationwide on DVD today Friday 17th June.
Directed by Risteard O'Domhnall, the multi award winning film follows the small farming and fishing community of Rossport during the height of the Celtic Tiger, as it is torn apart by a proposed Shell pipeline which could bring economic prosperity or destroy a way of life shared for generations. As pressure from the Irish government and Shell mounts, five local men go to jail, the community descends into infighting over compensation, the local headmistress goes on hunger strike and only one lone fisherman is all that stands between the world's largest pipelaying ship - The Solitaire - and a small community's way of life.
THE PIPE has seen massive success around the globe since it hit the festival circuit selling out screenings in Dublin, Galway, London, New York, Edinburgh, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco, Cleveland, Toronto, and is currently screening in Seattle.
It was produced by Scannáin Inbhear with funding from Bord Scannán na hEireann / the Irish Film Board and TG4.
"Remarkable... a vivid, close-range narrative of a battle unfolding, and a cruel parable of our times"
The Observer
"first rate"
Variety
5 Stars - The Mirror
4 Stars
"a fine slice of verité"
The Irish Times
"Ó Domhnaill's engrossing and proactive documentary couldn't be more pertinent"
Screen International
"heart stopping... wrenchingly topical"
The Scotsman
THE PIPE goes on DVD release nationwide from Friday 17th June. Get your copy in HMV, Tesco, Tower Records, IFI and Golden Discs or online www.thepipethefilm.com