The Radharc Squad

Name: The Radharc Squad
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-12-04

— Dec 2012 1 Season 2 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

Overview

On the 50th anniversary of RTÉ TV and Radharc, the first independent production company to make programmes for Irish television, this 2-part series reveals the remarkable story and legacy of this maverick group of filmmaker priests who, between 1962 and 1996, produced over 400 documentaries in 75 countries on a range of social, political, and religious issues.

Tyrone Productions

🇮🇪 Ireland · English

Cast

Key Crew

Ruán Magan

Director

Patricia Carroll

Executive Producer

Laura Ní Cheallaigh

Producer

Ronan Fox

Director of Photography

Philip Cullen

Editor

Priests or FilmMakers?

The establishment of the Radharc series and the early programmes made in Ireland. Radharc showed television viewers back home the work of the Irish Missionaries abroad. The film 'Radharc in Derry 1964', looking at the social injustice in that city, was not broadcast for 25 years.

Dec 4, 2012 54m

These Men Are Dangerous

As the role of the Catholic Church in Irish society is increasingly questioned, so is the function of Radharc. They focus outside of Ireland on religious politics and liberation theology in South and Central America, the Philippines, and Kenya.

Dec 11, 2012 53m

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