ICC Presents: A Fragile Peace: Documentary Screening & Talkback

A Fragile Peace: Brexit and Northern Ireland, is a film about the intersection of history and the present, about a peace agreement that many assumed was solid but now faces new and unexpected challenges due to Brexit. The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, created a delicate balance of identities, political parties, and loyalties within Northern Ireland. However, Brexit has reopened a wound that many thought was healed, casting uncertainty on the future of this hard-won peace.

Directed by Rory Duffy
Rory Duffy is an award winning documentary filmmaker and adjunct professor of United States history at City College of New York. As an actor, Rory has had recurring roles on Blue Bloods, Law and Order SVU, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. His masters thesis on the John F. Kennedy Administration won the Judith Stein Prize in Political Economy. On stage and screen, he has worked with director Hal Hartley, Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, and Amy Sherman-Palladino. His production company Maci Duffy Productions, which he co-runs with his wife Hyun Joo Lee, produces films with a concentration on history, politics and art.

PRESS

“Responsible history as it occurs, frankly portrayed.”
— Hal Hartley, director Henry Fool, Ned Rifle

“The acclaimed documentary keeps picking up prestigious new awards.”
— Cahir O’Doherty

“A Fragile Peace reminds us that we should always be careful whenever we believe history has reached an endpoint.”
— Patricia Harty, Editor in Chief, Irish America Magazine