A Belfast filmmaker's award-winning documentary on the career of Sinead O'Connor is set to hit TV screens later this month after being picked up by Sky and its streaming service.
Nothing Compares, directed by Kathryn Ferguson and backed by Northern Ireland Screen, was released in cinemas last year and charts the Dublin singer's rise to fame.
Featuring previously unseen footage of Sinead O'Connor at the height of her fame, the film was named Best Feature Documentary at the Irish Film and Television Awards in May, and has earned a slew of gongs at events including the British Independent Film Awards.
The documentary was also nominated for a Bafta and an award at last year's Sundance Film Festival.
It is now set to be screened on the Sky Documentaries channel and on-demand on the NOW TV streaming service from July 29.
The film is described as "a tapestry of Sinead’s impact on the world around her and ties together intimate first-hand interviews and insights from contemporary artists, musicians and social commentators who introduce broader themes of Irish history, politics, and global activism".
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Kathryn Ferguson said: “I grew up in Belfast during the 1980s and ‘90s.
"Women and their rights, particularly their reproductive rights, were very low down the pecking order.
"When Sinead burst into my consciousness as a young teenager, it felt like a door had been kicked open.
"Here was a bold Irish woman who said things that others didn’t feel they could say, and she said them loudly.
"The intention with this film is to disrupt the trope of telling iconoclastic women’s stories through the tragic heroine lens.
"Nothing Compares isn’t a regular music documentary, instead it’s a portrait of one unique artist, her cultural significance in Irish history and she has affected the lives of millions around the world.”
