Since 2008 Champlain College has maintained a study abroad campus in Dublin where part of the curriculum includes documentary filmmaking.  Three short works from recent students will be featured.

Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles by filmmaker Dillon Toole

The illustrious and decades long career of Filmmaker and Actor Orson Welles is explored through his two visits to Ireland. Both journeys, separated by nearly 30 years, show us two distinctly different portraits: one as a hungry young artist and the other as an aging Hollywood “has been” struggling to reclaim his former relevance.