Director
Trisha Ziff
Year
2025
Length
97’
Country of Production
México
Production
212 Berlin
In collaboration with
Filmoteca UNAM
Azotea Post
Belfast Archive Project
Executive Producers
Mao Padilla
Diego Sánchez
Todd Allan
Hugo Villa Smythe
Associate Producers
Marty Glennon
Gerry Ryan
Producers
Ross McDonell
Trisha Ziff
Screenplay
Marina Stavenhagen
Trisha Ziff
Cinematography
Jerónimo Goded
Seamus McGarvey
Editor
Jorge Márquez
Original Music
Jacobo Lieberman
Sound Design
Pablo Lach
Post-Producer
Daniel Sametz
Photographic Advisor
Frankie Quinn
Distribution
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Festivals & Awards
- Galway Film Flead 2025: Best Documentary
- Free Speech Award 2025
- DocsMx 2025. Official Selection
- Irish Australian Film Festival 2025 Official Selection
- Festival Internacional de Morelia 2025
Synopsis
Imprisoned and shot, Gerry Adams was demonized and censored by the establishment media – yet in the end the British and their allies were forced to recognize his legitimacy and negotiate with him and his party Sinn Féin – the result was the Irish peace accord, ‘The Good Friday Agreement’.
A Ballymurphy Man is a unique documentary as Adams tells his story for the first time. Illustrated with a wealth of imagery of what is one of the most heavily photographed conflicts of our time. Layers of both still and moving images interwoven with his voice giving an insight into Adams’ world, relaxed, informal, and uncensored.
A Mexican produced documentary that tells the story of an Irish political activist.