Participants in the Pedal Project and Dublin cycling enthusiasts gathered in the DCTV studio to review DCTV’s recent use of the documentary format to instigate a city wide discussion on cycling.

Below you can read the broadcast times for our Beyond the Classroom project.

Wednesday 3rd March

7pm Beyond the Classroom – The Communities. Episode 1: Kilbarrack

7:20pm Beyond the Classroom – The Practitioners. Episode 1. Video
Footage from wide range of groups (Warrenmount, D8CEC, Tallaght, etc.)

Wednesday 10th March

7pm Beyond the Classroom – The Communities. Episode 2: Tallaght

7.20pm Beyond the Classroom – The Practitioners. Episode 2. Video footage primarily from An Cosan)

Wednesday 17th March

7pm Beyond the Classroom – The Communities. Episode 3: Pavee health
project.

7.20pm Beyond the Classroom – The Practitioners. Episode 3. Video footage from RADE.

Wednesday 24th March

7pm Beyond the Classroom – The Communities. Episode 4: Main

7.20pm Beyond the Classroom – The Learners. 50 minute special.

As well as these initial broadcasts each weeks material will be repeated the following day at 12:30 and then the following Sunday at 12:30 while the programmes themselves will loop at these slots until further notification.

The All We Want To Say research project was a national survey carried out by researchers working with the National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities. As phase two of the project, researchers wanted to turn their findings into a tool for advocacy and change. To this end, the NIID established a partnership with DCTV to film presentations and develop a DVD educational tool. The methodology used to produce the video mirrored that of the research stage, with participants themselves playing a key role in the edit stage.

The first annual Noise Flicks event was held at RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre on March 21st 2009. The event was supported by Dublin Community Television (DCTV), RUA RED South Dublin Arts Centre, and IT Tallaght. DCTV provided a judge for the selection panel, aired the entrants work as part of its Gimme The Camera block and sent out a small crew to record the event and produce a 20 minute documentary with editorial guidance from the festival director.

Access for All is a four-part series, which looks at some of the issues facing the disabled community in Dublin. Each episode looks at a particular issue from the viewpoint of people with disabilities.

The series participants speak candidly about their experiences in the areas of: Education; Family; Media and Disability; Sexuality and Relationships. The aim of the series is to facilitate individuals and the wider disabled community to become more visible and to present their own experiences and views on the issues that matter most to them.

The people involved in the series provide thought-provoking and challenging stories about how they live work and define themselves.

‘This is a series about everyday people; not heroes or warriors, just regular people trying to access a regular life. And they want to share their stories with you because sometimes just fitting in and getting by takes all you’ve got.’

On the launch of this major piece of observational documentary, we took the iniative to add a new section to our site that weaves together our programming strands on disability issues. We’ve hours of content and it’ll take us some time to get it all online, but keep checking back for more.

We are interested in organising screenings and discussions about this project.  If you want to organise one with us, then get in touch.

Access For All premiered as part of our Fresh Block during January 2010 on DCTV.  It had its real world launch on November 9th 2009 in conjunction with the Disability Focus Group who are part of the Community Forum and work for the rights of the disabled community in Dublin .

Access for All has been uploaded to our Vimeo account for online viewing.

The episodes on the Family and Education can be seen at the following times on DCTV;

Wednesday 13th 1900, Thursday 14th 1230 and Sunday 17th 1230

The Access for All episodes on Sexuality and Relationships and Working in the Media can be seen at the following times;

Wed 20th 1900, Thursday 21th 1230 and Sunday  24h 1230

If you miss these play out times, there will be repeats of Access for All every Wednesday at 1900, every Thursday at 1230 and every Sunday at 1230 until further notice.

The background to the Symphysiotomy practice in Ireland.

This program tells the horrifying story of how hundreds of women in Ireland were subjected to a mutilating childbirth operation driven by religious fanaticism rather than medical necessity. From 1944-84, fundamentalist Catholic doctors boycotted Caesarean section because they were opposed to birth control: they opted instead for a barbaric 18th century operation that severed the pelvis.

This program is a recording of a meeting held by the Feminist Open Forum in Dublin Thursday 29 October 2009 with speakers including: Marie O’Connor Health Analyst and Author, Jackie Morrissey Researcher and Lecturer, Colm McGeehin, a solicitor who represents over 100 women who are casualties of this horrible childbirth operation.

Anyone directly affected by the issues raised in this programme may phone 086 86 98 373 for information and advice.

Featuring all styles of music and talent from Ireland and abroad in a multicultural show case, the G Request show records a new session every month.

Directed by Ger Consadine, the documentary ‘Deirdre’s Passsions’ is a short which tells the story of the Galway author Deirdre Manifold , one-time girlfriend of the notorious Irish poet, Patrick Kavanagh . The film was screened at the Way Out West segment of the Galway Film Fleadh.