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Home on the Island documentary airs on TG4, December 28, 2004

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Date2004-12-28
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Summary

Moondance Production’s Home on the Island, a film about Irish migration from Arranmore and the western shores to America, Canada, and Beaver Island, aired on TG4 on December 28, 2004, after more than a year of production. A March 2006 notice says a revised one-hour version was completed after three years of production, with Ireland and United States interviews and footage from the Beaver Island group’s twinning trip.

Evidence limits

The notices do not establish the complete production credits, final distribution history, surviving broadcast copy, or relationship between the 2004 broadcast cut and the revised version.

Sources

  1. The discussion points to an Arranmore Disaster of 1935 documentary and says an earlier Beaver Island/Arranmore documentary had a shorter cut shown at a Dublin documentary festival and was being pitched to PBS. The post is second-hand and does not identify the festival record, filmmaker, cut, or broadcast relationship, so it is retained as contextual lead rather than proof.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000252
  2. Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Home on the Island."
    Reports that Moondance Production''s film about Irish migration to America, Canada, and Beaver Island aired on TG4 on December 28 after more than a year of production. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the broadcast report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Beaver Beacon, March 2006, "Home on the Island" documentary release notice.
    Reports that the revised documentary was completed after three years of production, following the Beaver Island group's Ireland twinning trip and incorporating interviews and footage from Ireland and the United States. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-03_Beaver-Beacon
  5. The held issue scan confirms the revised documentary release notice and DVD image.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-03_Beaver-Beacon
  6. Moondance representatives say the DVD was in final re-editing for European and U.S. sale, planned an Irish-language version with subtitles, and solicited islander feedback on extras. This documents production and distribution planning, not the final release date, edition contents, or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000461
  7. A project supporter announces that the completed DVD had shipped, gives the local reservation and price information, and later reports local retail availability. The producer and viewers discuss the finished product, but the thread does not establish total sales, a complete distribution history, or a surviving master.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000532

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Beaver Island Archive, “Home on the Island documentary airs on TG4, December 28, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-home-on-the-island-tg4-broadcast-2004/, accessed [date], citing Robert, “Another Arranmore documentary,” Beaver Island Forum, November 24–26, 2004. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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