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'Jimmy’s Hall': Why This Remarkable History -- and Film -- Matter
It's almost like looking in the mirror.
High unemployment, mass emigration of the young and problems affecting health and education services are as current today as they were in the first decade of Irish independence, the period that informs the narrative of Ken Loach's newest film, "Jimmy's…
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