IRELAND/UNITED STATES
Irish Central
By
ANTOINETTE KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Sunday, December 9
A new Irish documentary has just made the 2013 Oscars shortlist. ‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ has been shortlisted in the Best Documentary Feature lineup.
An Irish/American co-production, Oscar winning director Alex Gibney helmed the documentary, which was shot all over Ireland, the US and part of Italy.
The film revisits the abuse scandal in the Irish Catholic Church, with first-hand accounts from victims. It has also reportedly uncovered a number of scandals that went beyond the abuse, including cover ups in the Church and the Vatican.
According to the Irish Film and Television Network, Northern Irish production company Below the Radar co-produced with Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Wider Film Projects
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