Synopsis
- Shot specifically for the feature documentary, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? about the writer performer Donal O'Kelly (also available on onlinefilms.org,), this is the opening 3 minutes of Catalpa, an 80 minute one man show which Donal has performed around the world and which won
Scotsman Fringe First Award, Edinburgh
Best Event Award, Melbourne International Festival
and got maximum four star rating, Washington Times.
Catalpa is a story in the great epic tradition of Moby Dick and Gone With The Wind - with a passing glance at The Great Escape. From New Bedford, USA to Fremantle, Australia, across the high seas on the whaling ship Catalpa. Based on the true story of the daring rescue of six Irish prisoners in 1875, culminating with the first ever ticker-tape parade in New York City.
Crew
- Regie: TRISH MCADAM
- Drehbuch: Donal O Kelly
- Komponist: Trevor Knight
- Computer Graphics 2D Artist: Marc Sherwin
- Bühnenmaler: Steve Woods
- Kameramann: Ian Murphy
- Filmtonmeister: Susan Downey
- Produktionsassistenz: Della Kilroy
