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Shaunagh Connaire, Former Communications Director for George and Amal Clooney’s Justice Foundation, Sets Directorial Debut ‘Brown Bread’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Irish drama Brown Bread comes from Shaunagh Connaire, an Emmy-nominated journalist and ex director for George and Amal Clooney's Justice Foundation
Shaunagh Connaire, the two-time Emmy-nominated Irish journalist who has produced documentaries for the likes of the BBC and PBS Frontline and also served as communication director for George and Amal Clooney ‘s Foundation for Justice, has made her directorial debut. The film — described by Connaire as a “modern twist on the Irish emigration story” — is led by Emmy-winning actress Fionnula Flanagan (“Lost,” “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”), Katie McGrath (“Merlin,” “Supergirl”) and Dermot Crowley (“Luther: The Fallen Sun,” “The Death of Stalin”). For the past decade I’ve documented the opioid epidemic in the US, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the migrant crisis in the Middle East — environments where the stakes were very real.
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