Nuala ofaolain documentary films

Nuala O’Faolain shook Ireland and captivated the world with her forthright memoir Are You Somebody? A new documentary seeks to present a full picture of the woman behind the writing.

For the millions who were astonished by Nuala O’Faolain’s Are You Somebody?

Nuala ofaolain documentary films

The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman (1996), filmmakers Patrick Farrelly and Kate O’Callaghan have put together an important new documentary, which serves as a vital companion to O’Faolain’s best-selling memoir.

Simply entitled Nuala, the film has earned raves from The Hollywood Reporter and The Irish Times, and is currently making the rounds on the film festival circuit to critical acclaim, winning, amongst other prizes, the Most Popular International Documentary Award at the Vancouver Film Festival.

(Its next outing is at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Film Festival at the end of April).

In Are You Somebody? published when she was in her late 50s, O’Faolain laid bare her battles with the demo