BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20241208T180000Z DTEND:20241211T192000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Housewife of the Year DESCRIPTION:The documentary tells the story of Ireland's treatment of women through the prism of a unique\, surreal\, live televised competition\, that must be seen to be believed\, where a generation of Irish women competed in front of a live audience for the title of 'Housewife of the Year'. The former contestants share their direct experiences of marriage bars\, lack of contraception\, Magdalene laundries\, financial vulnerability\, boredom and shame and of course\, of being contestants in the competition. It's the story of a resilient generation of women and how they changed a country.\n\nWinner Best Irish Feature Documentary\, Galway Film Fleadh 2024 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The documentary tells the story of Ireland&rsquo\;s treatment of women through the prism of a unique\, surreal\, live televised competition\, that must be seen to be believed\, where a generation of Irish women competed in front of a live audience for the title of &lsquo\;Housewife of the Year&rsquo\;. The former contestants share their direct experiences of marriage bars\, lack of contraception\, Magdalene laundries\, financial vulnerability\, boredom and shame and of course\, of being contestants in the competition. It&rsquo\;s the story of a resilient generation of women and how they changed a country.

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Winner &ndash\; Best Irish Feature Documentary\, Galway Film Fleadh 2024

\n LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City UID:e.2489.34636 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260525T180516Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/housewife-of-the-year-34636 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR