BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY

SUN, 12/8, 7:00pm, 99 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Director: Sinéad O’Shea
Producers: Claire McCabe, Eleanor Emptage, Sinéad O’Shea
Editor: Gretta Ohle
Cinematographers: Eoin McLoughlin, Richard Kendrick

Emerging from rural Ireland, Edna O’Brien (1930-2024) broke multiple taboos with her sexually provocative 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for The New Yorker, delivering provocative interviews, authoring screenplays, over 20 novels, and hosting star-studded parties. She was as prolific in conducting love affairs as she was writing novels. She made a fortune and lost a fortune. The film is an intimate and revealing portrait of the writer, told with extensive archival footage and recent interviews.

Sinéad O’Shea is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Her previous films include Pray for Our Sinners and A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot. O’Shea was named as one of the top 10 European filmmakers to watch by the European Film Network and Screen International.