Shooting the Darkness

"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.

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Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel

2005

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000

Circus of Books

Circus of Books

2019

The Moebius Flip

The Moebius Flip

1970

Mirroring Michael Jackson

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City

2017

Glam Rock: Splendeur et Décadence

Glam Rock: Splendeur et Décadence

2019

Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44

2014

Paper Birds

Paper Birds

2010

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007

Africa Rising

Africa Rising

2019

WHAM!

WHAM!

2023

Life After Life

Life After Life

1995

Holy Cross

Holy Cross

2003

THE SON'S BRIGADE

THE SON'S BRIGADE

2024

The Witches of the Orient

The Witches of the Orient

2021

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

2019

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell

Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell

2017