Blazing The Trail: O’Kalems In Ireland

The ‘O’Kalems’ was the affectionate name given to members of New York’s Kalem Film Company, primarily Gene Gauntier and Sidney Olcott, who between 1910-1915 produced almost thirty films dealing with Ireland and Irish subjects. In this film Peter Flynn and Tony Tracy offer an in-depth and authoritative exploration of the making of the films and their place in American and Irish film history. Together they provide an invaluable record of the earliest images of Ireland on the American screen.