Very happy that The Ban will have its Irish premiere at
@docsireland this Sunday in Belfast. A year and a half of work, I’m so grateful to all involved.
During the conflict in the north of Ireland a practice developed that saw actors hired to dub those associated with the IRA on broadcast media. Via unseen archive footage and present-day interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, The Ban reflects on the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, drawing inevitable comparisons with the present.
4.45pm Sunday 23rd June, Queen’s Film Theatre.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Roisin Agnew, actor Stephen Rea, former Sinn Fein publicity director Danny Morrison, and film critic Ruari McCann
@langsmonkey . Moderated by BBC journalist Darragh MacIntyre.
Commissioned by Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive. Produced by
@erica_starling_productions and Unbecoming. With the support of
@ni_screen .
Cast:
Gerry Adams
Stephen Rea
Eamonn McCann
Denis Murray
Danny Morrison
Conor Grimes
Tim Loane
Director - Roisin Agnew
Producer - Sam Howard
@_sam.howard_
Assistant Producer - Callum Roberts
Music - Oscar Khan
@oxhy___
Graphics - Theo Inglis
@theoinglis
Script - Roisin Agnew
Editor - Sam Howard
Second Editor - Nicole Halova
@nicolehalova
Researcher - Dolly Church
Sound Mix - Yellow Moon
@yellowmoonpost
Archive Research and Curation – Evan Marshall and Stephen Newe
Head of Heritage and Archive – Francis Jones
Consultants:
Eamon Mallie
Una Mullally
@unamullally
Daniel Finn
Caelainn Hogan
@caelainnhogan
Alison Millar
@_alisonmillar
Jeremy Shields
Ronan Breathnach-Cashell
Rob Heppell
@rehemoth 
