Date:
2003
REF:
NIPC/PPEO/BOX1(1)
Scope and Content:
Video titled "People of Peace," showing the story of the Peace People organisation. (Duration 00:06:43).
Chapter 1. Darkness: Contains photo documentary footage of the wreckage from bombings in Northern Ireland during 1970s (0:00-1:05)
Chapter 2. Tragedy: Interviews with Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, co-foundress of Peace People, and Peace People members Gerry Grehan and Ann Close, who recount the events around the tragic deaths of the Maguire children (1:06-2:50)
Chapter 3. March for Peace: Interview footage with Ann Patterson, Ann Close, and Pat Webb, discussing the organisation of peace rallies across Northern Ireland (2:51-4:46)
Chapter 4. Hope: Discusses the final Trafalgar Square rally, and peace rallies as a celebration of people coming together and making their voices heard. Ann Patterson, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Gerry Grehan, and Pat Webb reflect on the role of the civil community in challenging violence (4:47-6:43)
Contributors:
Belfast Harbour Commission
Homer Sykes
Irish Independent
Peter Cade / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Peter Marlow / Magnum Photos
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Stanley Matchett Photography
Victor Patterson
Music composed by Henry Duff-Lowe
Camera / editor - Trevor Ferris
Director - Clare Delargy
Producer - Ian Kirk-Smith
Collection:
Northern Ireland Political Collection,
Peace People,
Copyright Holder:
Peace People / Society of Friends
Keywords:
Peace Movement, Activism, Women, Bereavement, Civil Society, Communities, Community, Community Action, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cross Community, Deaths, Empowerment, Grassroots, Imagery, Interview, March, Mobilisation, Non Violence, Pacifism, Paramilitaries, Peace, People, Protest, Reconciliation, Resilience, Resistance, Society, Troubles, Victims, Vigil, War, Women's Experiences, Women's History, Women's Movement, Women's Voice, Oral History
