Filmed over the course of a whirlwind week of traveling across Ireland, this film peers into the off-the-field lives of Gaelic athletes to help fans understand what these amateur players balance on a daily basis and how the Gaelic Players Association helps them find a healthy equilibrium.
This project was a dream to work on. The push to capture so much content across the country in a short amount of time proved physically and mentally exhausting, but because of the unwavering hard work of our nimble team, the bonds formed and resulting film are incredibly worthwhile.
Client: Gaelic Players Association
Agency: Connelly Partners
Produced by: Barry Frechette, Lauren Lukacsko
Director & DoP: Max Esposito
AC & Grip: Conor Lally @ movecrew.ie
Sound Recordist: Bryan Robson
Edit: Britt Bellamy @ EditBar
Color: Phil Choe @ Nice Shoes
Sound Mix: Sound Lounge
Paper Lanterns
Paper Lanterns, a feature length documentary directed by Max Esposito and Barry Frechette.
Even the worst of events can bring us together. On August 6th, 1945, among the tens of thousands that lost their lives in the bombing of Hiroshima, were 12 American POWs. Shigeaki Mori witnessed the blast and survived, but was forever changed. Paper Lanterns tells the story of Shigeaki Mori and his lifelong calling to tell the story of not only the many Japanese victims of the bomb, but of Normand Brissette, Ralph Neal and the ten other American airmen caught in the hell on earth of that day. Our journey takes us from Lowell, Massachusetts to Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Hiroshima, to tell the story of Mr. Mori and the 12 American POWs. To show how the war impacted families in both countries, and how one man could rise above the hatred of war and heal the wounds of those terrible days.
Now available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/paper-lanterns/id1413638417
