Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story

Clifden Film Society invites you to celebrate the life and work of dear friend of the festival Edna O’Brien. Join us for a special screening of the critically acclaimed Irish documentary Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story.

Author, playwright and socialite Edna O’Brien reflects upon her life and career with astounding candidacy in Sinéad O’Shea’s documentary. Defying Ireland’s patriarchal, religious constraints with her sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls, she became a literary sensation. Vilified in Ireland and escaping an abusive husband, O’Brien was empowered and prolific, a taboo breaker who made a fortune and lost one.