Solas Nua's CIFF@Home with NYU DC Dialogues presents 100 Years of Ulysses.
2022 | Documentary | Runtime: 50 minutes | English
One hundred years ago, on February 2nd, 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was first published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. No twentieth-century novel has rivaled Ulysses in its reach.
This event took place on
Wednesday, September 28 • 6 PM ET
Registration gave you access to an on-demand film link to view ahead of the Q&A discussion.
This is a free screening series - donate what you can to help Solas Nua bring you quality Irish film programming and provocative discussion.
A pre-recorded Q&A with director, Ruán Magan and author Joseph M. Hassett aired on September 28th. Introduction by CIFF@Home film programmer, Seán Wrenn.
Rewatch the full discussion below | Runtime: 29 minutes
Though Ulysses was banned initially in America and Britain, where it shocked and stunned in equal measure Joyce’s epic soon came to be celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism and a revolution in literary expression. It has inspired creators as diverse as Eileen Grey, Sergei Eisenstein, Man Ray and Bob Dylan. But in Ireland, Joyce was accused of treachery, for having gone to war with the Irish Catholic Church and repudiating his own people. He was also accused of ignoring his nation’s long struggle for independence from Britain which culminated in 1922 - only weeks before Ulysses was published - with the foundation of the Irish Free State.
Today however, Joyce and Ulysses are being considered anew. New scholarship suggests that Joyce’s war against the Catholic Church and nationalism may have been motivated by the deepest commitment to his people and his culture. Ulysses may be a prophetic text that imagines a better future not only for Ireland, but for Europe and the world.
Hand-picked by Solas Nua's Capital Irish Film Festival, CIFF@Home with NYU DC Dialogues is a bi-monthly, curated series of Irish film.
Selected for you to watch from the comfort of your own home, registration will give you access to an on-demand film link to view any time between now and September 28, as well as a Q&A that will be streamed via Zoom Webinar after you have watched the film on your own schedule.
Ruán Magan is an Irish director, producer, writer and creator whose work in drama, documentary, theatre and major stadium events has been recognised with over 40 international industry awards and has reached audiences of millions around the world.
Projects include Dunhuang – Mysteries of the Sands (IFA/Tencent), Pearl Harbor – The Heroes Who Fought Back (Discovery), 1916 – The Irish Rebellion (RTE, APT), The World Meeting of Families Concert hosted for Pope Francis and The Men Who Built America (History Channel).
Joseph M. Hassett has written extensively on Yeats, Joyce, and other Irish writers. He holds a Ph.D. in Anglo-Irish Literature from University College Dublin and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. His books include W.B. Yeats and the Muses and The Ulysses Trials: Beauty and Truth Meet the Law. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from University College Dublin in 2019. Joe lives in Washington, D.C., where he has practiced law since 1970, with his wife Carol Melton. Son Matthew lives in New York and daughter Meredith lives in Los Angeles.
Joe sees himself as a link in a chain in the legacy of Yeats.
Registration is required in order to receive access to the on-demand film link, as well as the log-in details for the Zoom webinar. Please note that this program may be recorded.
Live auto-transcript captioning will be available on this Zoom webinar.
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