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"Lambing Season"
Season 3 Episode 11 | 20m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
A woman travels to Ireland to meet the father who left her before she was born.
Determined to meet the father who left her before she was born, a woman travels to Ireland, hoping it will help her understand his decision. A short film by Jeannie Donohoe. Made at Columbia University.
Film School Shorts is made possible by a grant from Maurice Kanbar, celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of KQED.
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"Lambing Season"
Season 3 Episode 11 | 20m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Determined to meet the father who left her before she was born, a woman travels to Ireland, hoping it will help her understand his decision. A short film by Jeannie Donohoe. Made at Columbia University.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWoman: LESSON 2 - SIMPLE PHRASES.
GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT.
GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT.
Patrick: GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT.
GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT.
Woman: THANK YOU.
Patrick: THANK YOU.
Bridget: PATRICK, PLEASE TURN OFF THE IRISH.
NOBODY SPEAKS IRISH IN IRELAND.
[ BRAKES SQUEAL ] [ GASPS ] Woman: HELLO.
HOW ARE YOU?
[ TAPPING ] DANG IT.
[ SIGHS ] Man: HUP.
HUP.
Bridget: YOU SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR THEM.
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ] Patrick: YOU ALL RIGHT?
Bridget: YEAH.
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ] OH.
OH, MY GOD, THIS IS CRAZY.
Patrick: YEAH, BRIDG, IT IS CRAZY.
WE SHOULD JUST TELL HIM WHO YOU ARE.
Bridget: COME ON.
I JUST WANT TO SEE HIM AND THEN END THE WHOLE MYSTERY.
Patrick: WHAT IF BRIDGET JUNIOR SHOWED UP LIKE THIS?
WOULDN'T YOU BE HAPPY TO SEE HER?
Bridget: YEAH, WELL, I WOULDN'T LEAVE BRIDGET JUNIOR A MONTH BEFORE SHE WAS BORN.
WHERE'S YOUR NAME TAG?
Patrick: [ BREATHES DEEPLY ] Bridget: ALL RIGHT, JUST FOLLOW MY LEAD, OKAY?
HI.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COLIN MURPHY.
Colin: YES.
YES, THAT'S ME.
AND YOU MUST BE MISS... MISS KRAMER.
Bridget: YEAH.
[ WATER BOILING ] Colin: SO, HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR TEA?
Bridget: OH, NO, THANK YOU.
Patrick: UH, MILK AND SUGAR, PLEASE.
Colin: RIGHT.
Bridget: SO, UM, HOW DID YOU GET IN THIS LINE OF WORK?
Colin: MY FATHER KEPT SHEEP.
AND HIS FATHER BEFORE THAT.
TRADITION, YOU KNOW?
Patrick: GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT.
Colin: OH, ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT.
Bridget: SO, HOW MANY SHEEP HAVE YOU GOT?
Colin: WELL, LET'S SEE, UM, 200, 220, I'D SAY.
WE GET ANOTHER ONE OR TWO EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS.
I-I-IT'S LEMON SEASON, YOU KNOW?
Bridget: THAT'S EXCITING.
[ SHEEP BLEATING ] SO, I NOTICED DRIVING UP THAT SOME OF THE SHEEP HAVE THESE COLORED MARKINGS ON THEM.
Colin: YEAH, WELL, A LOT OF THE FARMERS MARK THEIR SHEEP TO KEEP TRACK OF THE ONES THAT BELONG TO THEM, LIKE, YOU KNOW?
Bridget: OH.
BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT?
Colin: NO.
NO NEED.
I KNOW MINE WITHOUT ALL THAT.
Bridget: SO, UH HOW ABOUT WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF YOU SORT OF DOING WHATEVER YOU DO NORMALLY?
Colin: WELL, UH, MAYBE I'LL CLEAR THE LAND JUST A LITTLE.
Bridget: OKAY.
SO, THIS, UH, LAND HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS?
Colin: UH-HUH.
Patrick: AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?
YOU MARRIED?
Colin: UH, NO, NO, NO.
I HAD MY HANDS FULL HERE.
Bridget: [ CHUCKLES ] PATRICK, YOU SHOULD REALLY BE FILMING THIS, YOU KNOW?
HE'S NEW.
HE'S JUST SORT OF GETTING THE HANG OF IT.
UH, SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE OUT OF A SHEEP?
Colin: WELL, UH, THERE'S THE WOOL...AND THE MEAT.
AND, UH, I SELL ALL THE LAMBS LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE -- THE MEAT IS FROZEN AND -- AND EXPORTED, MOSTLY TO, UH... TO FRANCE -- AND SOME OF IT TO AMERICA.
Patrick: I HEAR YOU SPENT SOME TIME IN AMERICA.
Bridget: [ CHUCKLES ] THAT'S -- THAT'S NOT... THAT'S NOT PART OF THE, UH... Colin: YOU HEARD THAT, NOW, DID YOU?
Patrick: YEAH, PRODUCER MENTIONED IT OR SOMETHING.
Colin: WELL, UH, THAT WAS A -- THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
A LOVELY PLACE, THOUGH.
LOVELY.
Bridget: [ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ] Patrick: WHAT ABOUT KIDS?
Colin: NO.
NOT FOR ME.
HOW LONG DID YOU SAY THIS INTERVIEW WAS?
Bridget: WE'RE GONNA, UH -- WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AND, UH, GET SOME FOOTAGE OF THE SHEEP, UH, GRAZING?
AND, UH, EXCUSE US.
WE'RE GONNA... WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
I SAID TO FOLLOW MY LEAD, PATRICK.
Patrick: WE DIDN'T COME ALL THE WAY TO IRELAND TO WATCH HIM SHOVEL SHEEP... Bridget: OKAY, WELL, I -- THIS ISN'T WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, AND I REALLY WANT TO GO.
Patrick: WHAT -- WHAT -- WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL HIM WHO YOU ARE, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
[ DOOR OPENS ] Colin: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA STAY ACROSS THE WAY.
Man: WHAT'S SHE ASKING?
Colin: NOTHING.
SHE'S KEPT IT UP.
IT'S ABOUT THE SHEEP AND THE SPRAY-PAINTING.
BUT THE, UH, THE -- THE -- THE CAMERAMAN -- HE ASKED ME IF I WAS MARRIED, IF -- IF I HAD KIDS.
Man: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Colin: I SAID I DIDN'T.
Man: HOW COULD YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A KID?!
Colin: BECAUSE -- BECAUSE I DON'T.
LOOK...I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.
Man: PATRICK... YOU SHOULD GO TO HER.
AND, UH, 10 HAIL MARYS.
RIGHT, FATHER, WILL DO.
UH, THIS IS FATHER PATRICK.
Patrick: I'M PATRICK, TOO.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Patrick Doyle: PATRICK.
[ SHEEP BLEATING ] [ BLEATING CONTINUES ] [ BLEATING CONTINUES ] Bridget: OH, YOU OKAY?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA...AIR IT ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
I'M NOT REALLY IN CHARGE OF THAT PART.
Colin: OKAY.
BYE SO.
Bridget: I'M PREGNANT.
Colin: GRAND SO.
THAT'S -- THAT -- THAT -- THAT'S GRAND.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ] [ MID-TEMPO IRISH MUSIC PLAYING ] Bridget: HEY, PATRICK WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY.
GEEZ.
Patrick: UH, LEFT OR RIGHT UP HERE?
Bridget: WHAT?
Patrick: LEFT OR RIGHT?
Bridget: HI.
CAN YOU, UH, TELL US HOW WE WOULD GET TO N18?
Bartender: YEAH.
JUST GO OVER HERE TO THE SQUARE.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP OF THE STREET THERE, YOU'LL SEE A CROSS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
TAKE A LEFT THERE.
THAT'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT TO CROSS -- THE VILLAGE CALLED CROSS.
TAKE A RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU GET TO GALWAY, YOU GET ON THE N18 MOTORWAY, AND THAT'LL BRING YOU TO SHANNON.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, EH?
Patrick: YEAH.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE FILMING A SHEEP FARMER -- UH, COLIN MURPHY.
Bartender: OH, THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
Patrick: YOU KNOW HIM?
Bartender: HE PLAYS MUSIC HERE MOST SATURDAYS.
JAMES, WHERE'S COLIN TODAY?
James: HE HAS BUSINESS BACK AT THE FARM.
Bridget: [ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ] Bartender: THERE HE IS, THERE.
Patrick: BRIDG...LOOK AT THIS.
Bridget: UM, THAT'S NOT COLIN MURPHY.
THAT'S, UM... Patrick: IT'S FATHER PATRICK.
Bartender: AH, YOU MEAN PATRICK DOYLE...HIS HUSBAND?
Bridget: LIKE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY?
IS THAT... Bartender: AH, NO.
SO, ARE YOU GOING TO FILM THAT GAY GOALKEEPER DOWN IN CORK, AS WELL?
IS THAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT?
[ POUNDING ] [ SHEEP BLEATING ] [ POUNDING CONTINUES ] Colin: JENNIFER.
PATRICK.
Bridget: WHERE IS FATHER PATRICK?
COLIN!
COLIN!
[ SHEEP BLEATING ] Patrick: WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?
[ BLEATING CONTINUES ] Colin: TAKE AHOLD OF HER HEAD.
Bridget: OKAY.
OKAY, Shh, Shh.
HI, HI.
OKAY.
[ BLEATING ] Colin: ALL RIGHT, JUST HOLD HER HEAD THERE.
HOLD HER.
ALL RIGHT, GIRL.
Shh.
[ SPEAKS IRISH ] THAT'S RIGHT.
GOOD GIRL.
ALL RIGHT, Shhhh.
[ SPEAKING IRISH ] [ BLEATING ] IT'S ALL RIGHT.
JUST THE HEAD IS DOWN.
THE -- THE LEG IS BACK.
Bridget: OH!
Colin: HOLD HER STEADY THERE.
-IT'S ALL RIGHT.
-Bridget: IT'S OKAY.
Colin: [ SPEAKING IRISH ] Bridget: Shh.
IT'S OKAY.
[ BLEATS LOUDLY ] Colin: IT'S ALL RIGHT, GIRL.
[ SPEAKS IRISH ] COME ON.
-Bridget: OKAY.
Shh.
-Colin: GOD!
COME ON.
Bridget: OKAY.
OKAY.
OH, MY GOD!
IS IT GONNA SUFFOCATE?
Colin: I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, ALL RIGHT?!
COME ON.
Bridget: OKAY.
OH!
OH, MY GOD.
THANK GOD.
CAN I GET -- CAN I LET HER UP?
Colin: YEAH, YOU CAN LET HER UP.
Bridget: OKAY, COME ON.
-Colin: GOOD GIRL.
-Bridget: COME ON.
JESUS.
[ BABY SHEEP BLEATS ] [ CHUCKLES ] [ Voice breaking ] YOU, UH... YOU MISSED EVERYTHING.
Colin: BRIDGET!
Bridget: [ SIGHS ] Colin: [ SIGHS ] I WAS AFRAID...TO MEET YOU.
AND THEN I GOT THE HINT THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, SO... WILL YOU STAY?
JUST FOR A CUP OF TEA.
PATRICK...WILL YOU, UM, PUT ON THE KETTLE?
[ SHEEP BLEATING IN DISTANCE ] </P> </SYNC> </Body>
Film School Shorts is made possible by a grant from Maurice Kanbar, celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of KQED.