An Irish filmmaker talks about chronicling an epic battle between a small town and Shell Oil Co.

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Irish documentary filmmaker Risteard O’Domhnaill witnessed firsthand the 10-year battle of a small Irish village that stood up to the Shell Oil Co., which was building a pipeline on their land. At the 2011 San Francisco International Film Festival, O’Domhnaill details his experience of going behind the reports put forth by mainstream Irish media to get to the real story.

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