Meeting a variety of very different young country people, she explores identity and belonging, as well as picking up some handy culchie skills.
Comedian Alison Spittle’s one-off documentary, on Monday 9th April on RTE2 sets out to discover the true meaning of being a proud culchie. Meeting a variety of very different young country people, she explores identity and belonging, as well as picking up some handy culchie skills.
Produced by Areaman Productions, the documentary is directed and edited by Aisling Calt .
Alison told IFTN, "I'm delighted with the doc and had a blast meeting wonderful people and visiting every crevice in Ireland. Shout out to Areaman for being a lovely sound production company. Especially to Aisling Calt a first time director who put her heart and soul in to this project. She is one to watch."
Aisling Calt said, "Throughout production on ‘Alison Spittle’s Culchie Club’, Alison was a fantastic collaborator, always willing to jump into the thick of things, whatever madness was going on. She’s relentlessly funny and deeply empathetic. We wanted to make something sincere, fun and a little bit different, and thanks to Alison’s amazing energy, I hope we’ve pulled that off."
Production Company: Areaman Productions
Producer: Shane Hogan
Director: Aisling Calt
Editor: Aisling Calt
Post house: Areaman with sound post at Mutiny Post-Production
Camera: Shane Hogan
Additional Camera: Roman Bugovskiy, Albert Hooi, Tommy Fitzgerald, Aisling Calt
Location Sound: Sean O’Toole
Additional Location Sound: Rob Moore
Producer for Areaman: Shane Hogan
Exec Producers for RTE: Eddie Doyle, Michael Hughes
‘Alison Spittle’s Culchie Club’ airs on RTE 2 on Monday 9th April at 9.30pm