The Irish Tapes (1973)
The Irish Tapes is the first major documentary shot on portable 1/2 inch videotape. Directors Irish-Americans John Reilly and Stefan Moore filmed over a three-year period in the early 1970s with the support of the National Association for Irish Freedom, a US group associated with the Official IRA. Originally shown as a three-channel, twelve-monitor video installation, it was later edited for broadcast on television in the US in 1975.
- Date of release
- 1973-01-01
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Stefan Moore, John Reilly
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