"The Irish in Film"

The series concludes with "Black 47" (2018), a film about Ireland's Great Famine (1845-1849).  The Famine occurred when the potato crop failed due to a fungus, causing about a million deaths from starvation, disease, and fever.  The film stars James Frecheville as Feeney, who returns home to western Ireland in 1847-- the worst year of the Famine -- to find death and devastation.  Feeney seeks revenge against all he holds responsible: from soldiers, policemen, rent collectors to the powerful landlord.  Stephen Rea plays Connelly, sort of the local storyteller, observing Feeney's actions from the sidelines.