Gypsy blood

• Titel: Gypsy blood
• Titelzusatz: a story of fathers, sons and fists
• Mitwirkende: Maguire, Leo [FilmregisseurIn]
• Mitwirkende: Wilkins, Rob [FilmproduzentIn]
• Mitwirkende: Barnes, Russell [FilmproduzentIn]
• Mitwirkende: Ketch, Jack [KomponistIn]
• Verf.angabe: director: Leo Maguire ; producers: Rob Wilkins, Russell Barnes, Molly Milton ; music: Jack Ketch
• Verlagsort: [London]
• Verlag: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: [2013]
• Umfang: 1 DVD-Video (72 +13 min.)
• Illustrationen: farbig, Ländercode 2
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: True stories
• Fussnoten: Production: Clearstory Production/Leo Maguire Production/Channel4 ; DVD bonus featuree: deleted scenes gallery (13 min.) ; Dokumentarfilm. Großbritannien. 2012
• Schrift/Sprache: Englische Originalversion
• Datenträger: DVD-Video
• Dokumenttyp: Film
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Romanies - Social life and customs
• K10plus-PPN: 1854192418

Abstract

Gypsy Blood is a British feature-length observational documentary which examines the fighting culture that gypsy fathers hand on to their sons. It was filmed over two years by the photographer Leo Maguire and produced by the production company ClearStory. Its main subjects are Hughie Doherty, who becomes embroiled in a fight to defend his family s name, and his young son Francie, who is portrayed living between two worlds, shown learning to read at primary school while sparring and hunting at the travellers' campsite. The film also follows the story of Fred Butcher, a Romany who nearly dies during a machete attack after a day of drinking in the pub turns to violence.