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Cast

Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

Self - Press Photographer

Hugh Russell

Hugh Russell

Self - Press Photographer

Paul Faith

Paul Faith

Self - Press Photographer

Crispin Rodwell

Crispin Rodwell

Self - Press Photographer

Trevor Dickson

Trevor Dickson

Self - Press Photographer

Stanley Matchett

Stanley Matchett

Self - Press Photographer

Martin Nangle

Martin Nangle

Self - Press Photographer

Tom Lawlor

Tom Lawlor

Self - Press Photographer

Frankie Quinn

Frankie Quinn

Self - Press Photographer

Sean O'Hagan

Sean O'Hagan

Self - Press Photographer

Edward Daly

Edward Daly

Self - Catholic Priest (archive footage)

Martin Galvin

Martin Galvin

Self - NORAID Member (archive footage)

Theresa May

Theresa May

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Kevin Breathnach

Kevin Breathnach

Sound Post Supervisor

Dave Hughes

Dave Hughes

Color Grading

Aisling Calt

Aisling Calt

Additional Editor

Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly

Researcher

Patrick Bolger

Patrick Bolger

Still Photographer

Kevin Breathnach

Kevin Breathnach

Sound Editor

Chris Woodcock

Chris Woodcock

Sound Recordist

Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Director of Photography

Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Editor

Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Director

Sarah Ryder

Sarah Ryder

Executive Producer

Suzanne Biermann

Suzanne Biermann

Production Manager

Heike Lettau

Heike Lettau

Producer

Caroline Laub

Caroline Laub

Producer

Gerry Horan

Gerry Horan

Original Music Composer

Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly

Producer

Alan Maher

Alan Maher

Producer

Tom Burke

Tom Burke

Director of Photography

Movie poster

Shooting the Darkness

20197.8 / 1053 min
Documentary, History, TV Movie

Overview

A great photograph transforms the event. It's not just a record of it. It's something else

The testimony of the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own towns in Northern Ireland, when violence erupted around them. Instead of photographing weddings and celebrities, as they expected, they produced the images that crudely show the suffering of ordinary people between 1968 and 1998, the worst years of the conflict.