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Surprising Views of the Emerald Isle:
Re-Imagining Ireland from the VFH

A Galaxy of Commentators, including Frank McCourt, Roddy Doyle, and Ireland’s President McAleese reflect on a Nation that is “Leaving those Legendary Green Fields to Labor in the Field of the Golden Microchip”

NATIONAL FEED BY AMERICAN PUBLIC TELEVISION, OCTOBER 31

Narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt and featuring 34 prominent and articulate Irish personalities in literature, politics, social activism, and the arts, Re-Imagining Ireland will be presented by South Carolina ETV through American Public Television, beginning November 1 (October 31 feed). The lively VFH documentary, which moves well beyond stereotypical views of what Ireland and the Irish have to say to the world, explores what it means to be Irish in the 21st century. With the most globalized economy in the world, the Irish have insights to share on the experience of rapid social, cultural and political change, and Re-Imagining Ireland is a window into their minds and hearts. The program offers perspective on religious and political conflict in Ireland and the workings of the peace process. And it unsentimentally explores the human struggle to come to terms with cultural difference, encouraging acceptance and tolerance.

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