The film version of 'My Left Foot' won Oscars for Daniel Day Lewis who played Christy Brown and for Brenda Fricker who played his mother.īetween 19 Radharc produced over 400 films in Ireland and seventy five countries worldwide. His autobiography 'My Left Foot' was published in 1954. This episode of 'Radharc' was broadcast on 18 October 1962.Ĭhristy Brown (1932 - 1981) was a writer, painter and poet who had severe cerebral palsy. In 1954, he published his autobiography 'My Left Foot' which has now been translated into five languages. Everything he has, he has had to fight for.Īlongside painting, Christy also has his writing. His paintings are described as the work of man who takes nothing for granted. 'Radharc' looks at the life of author and artist Christy Brown in 'Christy Brown My Left Foot'.įather Peter Lemass talks to Christy Brown at his home in Dublin where he divides his time between his paintbox and his typewriter, between his two careers of artist and author.įor him, his paintbrush is a means of escape, a means of self expression, an outlet through which flows all his love of life and movement and activity.
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