My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018)

March 25th, 20180h 0min

Documentary
60%

Overview

Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne - an emigrant Irishman with the outsider's ability to observe, needle and puncture.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Heather Booth: Changing the World

Heather Booth: Changing the World


Released on: 2017-01-01
Documentary

Heather Booth is the most influential person you have heard of. The newest film by critically acclai...

The Great Houses of Ireland

The Great Houses of Ireland


Released on: 1975-01-01
Documentary

Ireland’s great houses, towers and castles, including Yeats’ Tower House, Bunratty Castle, Butler Ca...

Let It Bring Hope: Bohemians v Palestine

Let It Bring Hope: Bohemians v Palestine


Released on: 2024-05-22
Documentary

A documentary on the historic first-ever visit of a Palestinian National team to Europe, following t...

Amour de vivre

Amour de vivre


Released on: 2010-05-01
Documentary, TV Movie

An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: hi...

Good Evening Europe agus anois an Eurovision

Good Evening Europe agus anois an Eurovision


Released on: 2018-05-07
Documentary

A nostalgic look back at the heady days of Irish Eurovisions.

I Am

I Am


Released on: 2014-08-04
Documentary

This beautiful and poignant film was commissioned by TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) and...

The Living Flame

The Living Flame


Released on: 1966-01-01
Documentary

Commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, commissioned for its 50th anniversary.

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider


Released on: 2022-05-09
History, Documentary

Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answe...

¿Quién mató a Mariano Ferreyra?

¿Quién mató a Mariano Ferreyra?


Released on: 2013-04-04
Documentary

The journalist Andrés Oviedo must write about the murder of a young political activist Mariano Ferre...

The Mám Trasna Murders

The Mám Trasna Murders


Released on: 2018-04-04
Drama, History, TV Movie, Crime, Documentary

The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the b...

Hill Street

Hill Street


Released on: 2014-05-23
Documentary

The evolution of skateboarding culture in Ireland since the late 1980s.

Hold on Tight

Hold on Tight


Released on: 2011-07-28
Documentary

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...

Around My Island

Around My Island


Released on: 2024-08-06
Documentary, TV Movie

Cameras follow Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan as he attempts to sail single-handed around the island of...

Song of Ireland

Song of Ireland


Released on: 1990-03-12
Documentary

Take a tour with traveloguer Buddy Hatton through Ireland's emerald valleys, past windswept cliffs, ...

Mise Éire

Mise Éire


Released on: 1959-09-01
Documentary, History

Mise Éire ("I am Ireland") is a 1912 Irish-language poem by the Irish poet and Republican revolution...

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media


Released on: 1992-11-06
Documentary

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's...

Living With Lions

Living With Lions


Released on: 1999-11-29
Documentary

Exclusive two-disc film documenting the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa in the summer o...

School Life

School Life


Released on: 2017-10-13
Documentary

John and Amanda teach Latin, English and guitar at a fantastical stately home-turned-school. Nearly ...

Trudell

Trudell


Released on: 2005-01-20
Documentary

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performan...

Sacred Sites: Ireland

Sacred Sites: Ireland


Released on: 2014-07-07
Documentary, History

Ireland's history is steeped in religion and mystery. Why did its people stop worshipping the earth ...