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‘In the Name of the Father’ Director Jim Sheridan Talks Sea Lions, Family Road Trips and the Politics of Storytelling
In Amman, Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan discusses new projects, including one on Galapagos sea lions and a road trip film with his daughter.
“So we feel for people standing up against oppressive structures.” That sentiment, he noted, has shaped Irish expressions of solidarity in recent years, though Sheridan was careful to focus more broadly on historical parallels than current politics. “It’s very hard to find individual heroes in collective situations,” he said, noting the challenge in portraying nuanced narratives from places like Gaza without reducing people to headlines. “There’s a lot of success in Irish film right now,” he said, pointing to recent acclaim for “The Quiet Girl” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” But he wants to see more politically engaged work from emerging filmmakers.
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