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Jimmy's Hall is a 2014 drama film directed by Ken Loach. The film tells the story of the deportation to the United States in 1933 of Irish Communist Jimmy Gralton, who led the Revolutionary Workers' Group, a precursor of the Communist Party of Ireland, in County Leitrim.
May 30, 2014 · Jimmy's Hall: Directed by Ken Loach. With Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby. During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Jimmy's Hall celebrates the spirit of these free thinkers. The film is set in 1932 and follows events when Jimmy returned from a decade in New York and re-opened the hall. The film is freely...
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Apr 3, 2014 · Jimmy's Hall - Official Trailer - HD. eOne UK. 70.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 151. 74K views 9 years ago. IN CINEMAS MAY 30 ...more.
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Directed by Ken Loach, with Brían F. O'Byrne, Jim Norton, Simone Kirby, Barry Ward and Andrew Scott.In 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on ...
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Jul 3, 2015 · The movie’s protagonist, Jimmy Gralton—the Jimmy of the title, played with quiet charisma and conviction by Barry Ward —is back in his home in Ireland’s County Leitrim after a ten-year exile, and while away he’s been working in New York, and soaking up the culture.
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During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
