Documentary
On 21 April 2008, the documentary film The Holy Show was shown on BBC One. This one-hour film was based on footage shot when the director, Alison Millar, stayed with Cleary in his household as a student in 1991. At the time, his true relationship with Hamilton and their children was secret. In the film Millar also examines the changing roles of the church, social changes, the reaction of Cleary's congregation to the news of his family, and related issues. The documentary was also shown on another BBC programme, entitled The Father, the Son & the Housekeeper.
The film won several awards:
- 2008 Irish Film & Television Award for Best Single Documentary
- 2008 Prix Italia award for Best Documentary
- 2008 Boston Irish Film Festival award for Best Documentary
- 2008 Celtic Film Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award
- Nominated for 2009 BAFTA Break-Through Talent Award for Director Alison Millar
Another program, In the Name of the Father, was produced on Scannal, RTÉ One about Father Michael Cleary and his complicated life.
Read more about this topic: Michael Cleary (priest)
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“If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)
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—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)