"As you see now there's nothin here any more." Did you know there is a historic horse culture in Dublin, Ireland? This acclaimed short doc film Saoirse is about "some of the men who genuinely care about their horses as they struggle to keep the remnants of the culture alive." Better description from Nowness: "Award-winning Irish director Marion Bergin [befriended] a community of Dublin's working-class men to create a documentary about their equestrian cultural legacy and how horses have transformed their lives in a city undergoing gentrification." The film makes a good companion with the horse feature Concrete Cowboy from TIFF this year. "Toxic masculinity is something the media has made synonymous with inner-city culture," Bergin explains. So, "I chose to shine a different light on these men, to portray them as I saw them – normal people with warm hearts and the same concerns for their futures and families as the rest of us." View below. ›››
Continue Reading Watch: Short Doc 'Saoirse' Profiling Horse Culture in Dublin, Ireland
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