My favorite documentary.

This wouldn't usually be my first choice of movie genre to watch as a lot of them are slow and over worked but every so often there is one that catches my attention and hooks me in.

These are mostly about either sports or the Irish history so for this contest I'll pick one on the troubles in Northern Ireland as most people would not have seen them compared to a lot of the sports ones.

This is one that really caught my attention by Patrick Kielty who is a famous Irish comedian, born and raised in Northern Ireland and has been directly affected by the war.

My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me

Intro:

Patrick Kielty was born in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and was only sixteen when his dad was murdered by paramilitary gunmen. Despite his loss, just 18 months later Patrick was taking to the stand-up stage in Belfast, forging a comedy career by telling jokes about life in what felt like a warzone.
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Northern Ireland has changed a lot since the days of bombings and assassinations that occurred on a daily basis but the same violence is always waiting underneath to come out.

Too much has occurred for it to just fade a way peacefully but since the good Friday peace agreement 25 years ago the situation has improved in a number of ways.

The north has matured into a progressive and relatively peaceful place where people can work and live in a normal manner without the fear of bombs going off in the street or British soldiers shooting innocent people.

This documentary brings Patrick back to the different areas of the North where he talks with other affected by the war and seeing how life has changed in this time.

As a comedian he has always used his background as a source of material which in a divided state like this one comes with a lot of risk. He uses humor to reach out to all sides of the divide and to show how similar everybody is behind it all.

"I don't think I made jokes about Irish terrorism because my father was murdered - I have always been fascinated by politics and it's good to find humour in the worst situations - but it certainly gave me a "get out of jail free card", because I could say I had been affected by the sectarian violence."
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The documentary is interesting for the very same reason as he deals with very serious topics using wit and humor rather than trying to just talk about how serious it all was.

As a person directly affected by the violence he talks to people form all sides of the war including the innocents victims of this violence and the next generation that are bridging that gap.

It's tough to hear, entertaining in parts and a good look at how far we have progressed as a country.

Produced in 2018 it airs at the same time that brexit is looming and the peace could again be destabilized after years of hard work to build bridges.

For anybody with an interest in wars, history or Ireland it's worth a watch. I find it such a fascinating part of our history since it is so recent and still going on today compared to what happened hundreds of years ago. It's relevant and still being addressed so getting more information is very important to me.

Humor is always a great way to deal with difficult situation.

This is an entry for the latest cinetv contest.

You can enter yourself here if you would like,

https://www.cinetv.io/hive-121744/@cinetv/cinetv-contest-9-your-favorite-documentarys