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Boosting Our Economy - Celebrating Our Culture - Enhancing Our Children's Education

Rise

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Shoot Dates October 2022 – April 2023
Writer Tristan Crowe
Director Tristan Crowe
Producer Liam Logan
Director of Photography Tristan Crowe
Editor Tristan Crowe
Main Cast Wolfgang Buttress
Ann Lane
Hazel Francey
Frank Higgins
Paul Clements
Nick Patterson
Bob Stoker
Briege Brownlee
Michael Hasson
Locations Ormeau Baths Gallery
Negative Waves Studios
Hasson Engineering
St. James’
Falls Road
Donegall Road
Village Area
Broadway Roundabout
Hambly & Hambly Gallery Enniskillen
Contacts Negative Waves

Rise

Status: Completed

Plans for placing a large (and expensive) sculpture in the middle of a troubled interface between the Nationalist St. James’ area and the Unionist Donegall Road area wasn’t welcomed by local people – people who’s areas were suffering many social and economical issues.

This documentary looks at the creation and legacy of one of the best know landmarks in Northern Ireland, known by some as ‘The Balls of the Falls’. Could the Nottingham based, internationally renowned artist, Wolfgang Buttress change the hearts and minds of conflicting areas?

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