Waking the Titanic

This documentary is no mere retelling of the Titanic story. This emotional docudrama reveals the hopes, dreams, and the loss suffered by the people of a tiny west of Ireland village whose sons and daughters went in search of a better life only to be subsumed by the tragic destiny of the world's greatest ship. Based on the testimony of 3 villagers who survived the sinking of the Titanic, it dramatizes the story of the 14 young men & women from North Mayo, Lahardane who had the misfortune to be traveling in steerage on April 15, 1912 on a ship that had been billed as "unsinkable". The rural Irish hamlet lost a greater proportion of its people in the Titanic disaster than any other community.

The docu-drama follows the community as they remember their loss through a ceremony on the main street of the village. It will feature interviews with relatives of the Lahardane passengers, and dramatic re-enactments of life in the village for those who went and for those left behind. The documentary is directed by Frank Delaney and Gillian Marsh.

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