A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

2016

1h 40m

1.0(2 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

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5 members

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Bob Geldof

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Stephen Fry

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Van Morrison

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William Butler Yeats

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Liam Neeson

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