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PREJUDICE AND PRIDE

"Gripping" 
The Outmost

This groundbreaking piece for radio explores the experiences of six people from the Irish traveller community who identify as gay. There is no voice-over, no outside experts; only queer traveller voices telling their own story. This radio piece can only be loosely described as a 'documentary', as it has more in common—both in tone and sctructure—with Alan Bennett's Talking Heads than, say, Louis Theroux. It is a collection of 6 monologues in different locations; in some cases the participants wanted to appear as themselves, but some participants needed to give a false name and have an actor speak their words verbatim.

Preview it here

Broadcast on 26.11.16, as part of 'Documentaries on Newstalk' (IE)

Supported by the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund. Photos: David Nugent