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Made in America
4x40 minute episode, RTE 2006
This four part documentary series tells the inspiring stories of four dynamic members of an entirely new generation of Irish who landed on America in the 1990s and who have since excelled in diverse, if not unusual fields.
Now in their late 30s, they are the confident, restless, ambitious children who came of age in the era of economic boom and peace talks that launched a new Ireland onto the international stage. They are the first generation to fly by choice, are better educated than any immigrant in history, and have rapidly reached higher levels of success than earlier generations, or indeed, most Americans themselves. They were born in Ireland but they were made in America.
Irish Film and Television Award nomination |
TRT 00:10:06.
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Making America:: The Southern Rascal 8 x 50 mins series, 2012 Undertaking an hilarious (but historically accurate) adventure, The Southern Rascal traces the earlies arrivals on the American frontier as they traveled en route through the mountains, braving indians and hostile territory. Along the way we learns they are responsible for NASCAR (running moonshine during prohibition), country music, the evangelical movement, 14 U.S. presidents, the most notorious trial in American history, gun culture, landing the first man on the moon, most of the American military, Tom Sawyer and even Star Wars. They are why no president hopeful can win the White House without their support, in effect putting them in the drivers seat for control of the western world. |
| During 10 52-minute episodes an unwitting host will drive in a NASCAR race, fiddle in the back hills, hunt with modern day Davy Crockett, handle snakes at a Pentecostal service, go to army book camp and experience a gamut of other activities. Along the way we learn how the hardy, wild, mystical settlers of the Southern frontier quietly invented everything became synonymous with American culture. | |
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