Alan in Belfast (Alan Meban)
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REVIEW – From Ground Zero – 22 glimpses into what has become normal for people living and creating under conflict conditions (screened at Docs Ireland) #DocsIreland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/from-g…
REVIEW – The Shadow Scholars – Kenyans being paid to complete other people’s university educations (screened in Queen's Film Theatre) – my favourite film at the half way point of Docs Ireland #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-sh…
“Labour ministers were anxious not to infringe the right to protest, so they took the approach of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park: they saw only things that moved” Newton Emerson in The Irish Times on NI keeping a lid on protests irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…
PREVIEW – Born That Way – a couple’s commitment to radical inclusion comes full circle in this film that celebrates Patrick and Gladys Lydon (screened in Ulster Museum on Saturday 28 June as part of Docs Ireland) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/born-t…
REVIEW – How To Build A Library – two women battle history and poor local government to rejuvenate three Nairobi libraries (screened as part of Docs Ireland) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-to…
PREVIEW – 2000 Meters to Andriivka – brutal first-person footage of a bloody push towards the liberation of a strategic village in the war between Russia & Ukraine (Queen's Film Theatre at 18:15 on Sunday 29 June, the final evening of Docs Ireland) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/2000-m…
Still time to grab a ticket and be down at Black Box Belfast for 19:30
I’m in the Black Box for the Slugger O'Toole Stormont End-of-Term Report. I shall be marking the papers of the panel even as they mark the papers of MLAs. A satisfying circularity, I feel. Even my oul’ mate brendanbelfast isn’t safe. OK, kids, sit up straight and pay attention…
REVIEW – Hot Milk – great performances from Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps in a trauma-infused awakening (Queen's Film Theatre until Thursday 10 July) alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/07/hot-mi…
Reading The Guardian's article about possible BBC outsourcing plans (IT & other roles) I'm reminded of #DigitalMediaInitiative and the reality that every large organisation bears the scars of a major IT transformation disaster story en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_M… theguardian.com/media/2025/jul…
