Presents: Sinéad O’Shea, Director of ‘Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story'

In this Film Ireland podcast, Mick Jordan talks to Sinéad O'Shea, Director of Blue Road: The Edna O'BrienBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien 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 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.Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd, Lenny Abrahamson, M. Night Shyamalan, John Boorman, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Aisha Tyler, Colm Meaney, Paul Reiser, Niamh Algar, David Freyne, Ciarán Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John Crowley, Niamh Algar, Gene Stupnitsky, and Terence Davies, alongside many of the most influential voices working in film and television today.So make sure to subscribe and listen back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.