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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 min. 37 sec.) ; 307028474 bytes |
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*Coarse Language, Adult Themes, Violence. This program contains animal treatment that may concern some viewers*An intense and beautifully shot documentary exploring the legacy of violence handed down through generations of gypsy fathers to their sons. Award-winning photographer Leo Maguire spent four years earning the trust of the notoriously closed gypsy and traveller communities, immersing himself in a world where male honour codes remain deeply ingrained.He gained unprecedented and intimate access to men who live among the wider community yet are driven by different values. Fathers and sons, raised to prove themselves in bare-knuckle fights, explain their lives in their own words, with the brutal realities portrayed through stunning footage and still photographs.This penetrating film provides a very different perspective on gypsy life from the 'big fat weddings' and flash caravans. It follows the story of two families, showing how they fight for respect and revealing the price they pay - the cycles of revenge that erupt into sudden and terrifying violence.The Dohertys are Irish traveller royalty. Hughie Doherty, 29, is the son of Francie 'The Punk' Doherty, once one of the most feared bare-knuckle boxers in the land. Hughie is determined to bring up his seven-year- old son, also called Francie, to be as tough and uncompromising as the grandfather he's named after. Fred Butcher is Romany and father to nine-year-old Freddy Cole. He's a career fighter but, unlike Hughie Doherty, he's worried about the future of his son in the violent world of gypsy men. Fred is torn between the gypsy code of honour and his love as a father.Tracing these stories, Gypsy Blood becomes a haunting study of masculinity and c, and the uneasy, equivocal relationship gypsy men have with their epic, bare-knuckle traditions. As Hughie Doherty says: "It is like a disease, a disease that gets into your blood. And sometimes you close your eyes and for that moment I wish I wasn't like it, but you can't help it."PRODUCTION DETAILS:Director / Leo Maguire, Producer / Rob Wilkins, Executive Producers / Russell Barnes & Molly Milton. A Clear Story/Leo Maguire production for Channel 4 |
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Broadcast 2012-10-21 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Boxing -- Psychological aspects.
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Boxing -- Training.
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Boxing matches.
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Fathers and sons -- Psychological aspects.
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Violence -- Social aspects.
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Streaming video
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Maguire, Leo, director
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Butcher, Fred, contributor
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Butcher, Freddy Cole, contributor
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Butcher, Sibby, contributor
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Butcher, Suwelyn, contributor
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Doherty, Charlie, contributor
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Doherty, Francie, contributor
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Doherty, Hughie, contributor
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