YOUNG PLATO

By Neasa NÍ CHIANÁIN, Declan MCGRATH

AUTLOOK FILMSALES - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2021

It’s all about school boys and their inner world - what is the boy’s role when social roles are negotiated anew, and how are they reacting to their changing place in society?

Festivals
& Awards

DOC NYC 2021
Seminci - Valladolid IFF 2022
Tiempo de historia
CPH:DOX 2022
Doc Aviv 2022
Sydney FF 2022
Biografilm 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Neasa NÍ CHIANÁIN, Declan MCGRATH
    • Synopsis
    • An inspiring documentary from the filmmakers of School Life, YOUNG PLATO charts the dream of Elvis loving, maverick school Headmaster Kevin McArevey and his dedicated, visionary team who are determined to turn the fortunes of an inner-city community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs. The all-boys primary school in post-conflict Belfast’s Ardoyne, Northern Ireland, becomes a hot-house for questioning violence, as the determined headmaster sends his young wards home each day armed with the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers. The boys challenge their parents and neighbors to forsake the prejudice that has kept this low-level civil war on the boil for decades. YOUNG PLATO hums with the confidence of youth, a tribute to the power of the possible.