The Island
Directed by Bob Quinn
Budawanny was filmed on location on Clare Island, Co. Mayo. Exactly twenty years before, Bob Quinn had made a half-hour documentary on the daily lives of the inhabitants. It is interesting to compare the factual and fictional treatments of the same community.
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