Documentary · Ireland · 1973 · 10m

Children at Work

Páistí ag Obair

Director

Louis Marcus

Cast

Annraoi Ó Liatháin as Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Robert Monks — Director of Photography Breandán Ó hEithir — Writer Louis Marcus — Producer

Synopsis

Children learn through play in Irish Montessori schools in the 1970s, accompanied by voiceover explaining the Montessori method and jaunty jazz flute. The three schools featured in Páistí ag Obair are Tigh na nÓg, Blessington; St Kieran’s School, Bray; and The Children’s House, Stilllorgan. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short, 1974

Mood & Themes

education school

Key Collaborators

Louis Marcus Director Robert Monks Director of Photography Breandán Ó hEithir Writer Louis Marcus Producer

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