The film might just have been the weightiest documentary of this year’s Florida Film Festival, where it received just its second U.S. screening. It’s that rare doc that successfully blends a newsworthy subject (international peace negotiations) with an intimate portrait. In this case, that portrait is of the legendary but little-understood man behind those negotiations, Padraig O’Malley. Director James Demo’s film reflects on the past achievements of the 74-year-old O’Malley while examining with extraordinary intimacy what his life has become.
Demo will be in attendance for a Q&A session following the screening, which is co-presented by UCF Interdisciplinary Studies and the College of Undergraduate Studies.
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This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2017.