The Maze
Short film Completed
Filmmaker
Donovan Wylie
Doc Society helped with
Production
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker and Magnum photographer, Donovan Wylie, charts the story of the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, from being a shining example of the architecture of containment - designed to exert control and power over all its political prisoner inmates - to a mere holding centre in which the everyday prisoners were virtually autonomous, and finally to the empty landscape it is about to become.
Filmed over 2 years and counting, with the demolition dates being continually changed, Wylie has been shooting evocative and beautiful helicopter shots to fully appreciate the architectural destruction whilst at the same time reflecting on the destruction of the prison system.
Crew
Donovan Wylie
Filmmaker
Donovan Wylie, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a photographer and filmmaker. In 1997, at the age of 26, he became the youngest ever full member of Magnum. In 2001 he won a BAFTA for his film The Train.
Since 2000, Wylie has completed various photographic and film projects exploring the religious identity, history and the concept of territory in Northern Ireland & The Troubles, post-ceasefire.
Previous films: The Train
