The O'Kalem Collection 1910-1915 DVD

'The O'Kalem Collection 1910-1915' 

The O'Kalems was the affectionate name given to members of New Yorks Kalem Film Company who between 1910-1915 produced almost thirty films dealing with Ireland and Irish subjects. The Kalem Company made history by producing the earliest series of fiction films made in Ireland. The majority of these were filmed in and around Killarney making extensive use of the dramatic landscape. The O'Kalem Collection (1910-1915) brings together for the first time on DVD the surviving 8 films of the series. They have been gathered by the IFI Irish Film Archive from archives in Ireland, the US and Europe and are presented here with new musical scores. The accompanying feature-length documentary Blazing The Trail: The O'Kalems in Ireland offers an in-depth exploration of the making of the films and their place in American and Irish film history.