In this Film Ireland podcast, Mick Jordan talks to Sinéad O’Shea, Director of Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story.
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story is a candid portrait of one of the world’s greatest and most charismatic writers, Irish author Edna O’Brien. Her books were banned and burned in her native Ireland. In London and New York, she had illicit love affairs, hosted star-studded parties, and made and lost a fortune. In her final year, aged 93, she shares her diaries and gives one last interview to filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea about her extraordinary life. Her diaries are read aloud by Oscar nominated actress Jessie Buckley.
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story is an SOS Production in co-production with Tara Films, with backing from Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, Sky and the UK Global Screen Fund. It is directed by Sinéad O’Shea, produced by Claire McCabe, Eleanor Emptage and Sinéad O’Shea with Katie Holly and Barbara Broccoli serving as Exec Producers.
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