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In the early stages of World War I, New Zealand artist Edith Collier joined a group of women artists who left London to capture Ireland on canvas. Their destination: Bunmahon, a poverty-stricken fishing village on Ireland’s southern coast. Michael Heath’s second documentary on Collier sees him visiting Bunmahon with cameraman Stephen Latty. Guided by Collier’s paintings and sketches, they talk to locals about her visit, and life in Ireland 100 years ago. They also capture persuasive evidence of their own, attesting to the area’s often melancholy beauty.
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Edith Collier's painting Girl in the Sunshine, begun in the town of Bunmahon.
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Painting by Edith Collier, circa 1915: Little Schoolboy of Bunmahon.
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The coastline of the Irish Sea, near Bunmahon.
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Trees near Kill, close to the seaside town of Bunmahon.
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On location in Ireland: from left to right Mook Vignes, Alex Vignes, cinematographer Stephen Latty, writer/director Michael Heath (in sunglasses), Angela Mulcahy, Hy Mayerson and Sean Corcoran.
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One of Edith Collier's paintings, begun during her two summers in the Irish village of Bunmahon.
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