Pavee Lackeen (15)

Director: Perry Ogden
Starring: Winnie Maughan, Paddy Maughan, Rosie Maughan
Ireland, 2005, 1 hour 27 minutes

An intimate, unsentimental portrait of the traveler community that avoids patronizing stereotypes by focusing on 10-year-old Winnie who lives in a trailer in a desolate part of Dublin. While her family endures visits from the council, social workers and sympathetic activists, the spirited Winnie wanders the streets scavenging and desperately trying to pass the time. With a cast of mostly non-professional actors drawn from Dublin’s traveling community, Ogden draws a compelling picture of a young traveller’s life. This remarkable debut reveals a resilient young girl on the cusp of a lifetime’s fight against poverty and prejudice.

Winner Best Film Galway Film Festival

Winner Best Film and Breakthrough Award Irish Film& TV Awards

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