Belfast Mural Documentary
Both the freshly painted connolly plaque shown above and the martin meehan mural on the adjacent wall paint the struggle of the republican prisoners and the provisionals of the troubles as descendants of 1916s easter rising.
Belfast mural documentary. Welcome to the map of belfast northern ireland on virtual belfast mural tour. To begin any narrative tour of the belfast murals however one undeniably has to begin with the political and religious undercurrent pulsing through the majority of images. Actor vince vaughn is putting the finishing touches to a long running documentary and labour of love on belfasts murals. Northern ireland has a complicated political history.
Murals in northern ireland have become symbols of northern ireland depicting the regions past and present political and religious divisions. James connolly was executed on may 12th 1916. In belfast the capital of northern ireland hundreds of colorful murals line the citys streets detailing a centurys worth of conflict and political division. A documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient hawaiian culture for a new generation.
We explore the murals throughout belfast that celebrate this past.