Migrant stories
His feature documentary Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) examined the plight of ten young Achill islanders, some as young as 13, who lost their lives in a fire in Kirkintilloch, Scotland after travelling there to work in the potato fields. The documentary investigates the tragedy and considers the plight of migrant workers over the years.
In his final documentary, Grandpa, Speak to me in Russian (2007), Lentin returns to the theme of migration, telling the story of his paternal grandfather Kalman Lentin who migrated to Ireland from Lithuania in the 1890s as an unaccompanied minor.
Louis Lentin won many national and international awards for his film, television and theatre work and in 2006 in recognition of his contribution to the Irish arts for over half a century he was honoured with membership of Aosdána, the Irish academy of distinguished artists.
He passed away in July 2014 but his legacy lives on through his insightful and challenging work. Lentin's remarkable films are willing to explore the darker side of human nature and therefore contain much that is still relevant to contemporary audiences.
The Louis Lentin Collection is now available to watch via the IFI Archive Player
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