PAVEE LACKEEN

Ten-year-old Winnie (Winnie Maughan) lives with her mother and siblings in a dilapidated trailer on the side of the road in a desolate industrialised area of contemporary Dublin. Following Winnie through several weeks of her life as she struggles with her identity as a young traveller girl, Pavee Lackeen dispels stereotypes to offer an intimate portrait of a resiliant and spirited youngster and her proud, dignified family struggling day by day against faceless bureaucracy, poverty and prejudice. Pavee Lackeen presents an unflinching portrait of a marginalised community often living in Third World poverty in a modern, prosperous Ireland. Filmed with a cast of mostly non-professionals, the film uses Travelling people playing characters near to their own, finding the core of the story in their own life experience.