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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Aislinn Clarke
Description: Aislinn Clarke is the first Northern Irish woman to direct a feature-length horror film The Devilâs Doorway, and she brought a particularly female point-of-view by setting it in a Magdalene Laundry in 1960 Ireland. The Magdalene Laundries were institutions run by the Catholic church that were real-life horror stories for an untold number of women. They were essentially workhouses for women of âill-reputeâ which could mean unwed mothers, prostitutes, women who wouldnât get out of the wayâŚthe list of women who could be put away is quite long and varied. Aislinn Clarke feels connected to the laundriesâshockingly...