François Truffaut, Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan, and others

François Truffaut, Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan, and others

Cork Film Festival, François Truffaut, Lord Mayor, Pat Kerrigan, Dermot Breen

This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut signing the visitors' book, probably at the Cork City Hall. The Lord Mayor, Pat Kerrigan, is seated by him looking up towards the camera while Truffaut signs the book. The festival director Dermot Breen, and two other unidentified delegates, stand behind them watching the proceedings.

On the right of the photo, the unidentified man might be from West Africa given his traditional national costume. He is wearing a light-coloured richly embroidered kaftan style robe known as an agbada. These cotton robes are usually worn on ceremonial occasions and originate in West Africa but today can be seen in all regions of Africa and amongst the modern-day diaspora. Agbada are often worn with a soft fez type hat, as in this picture, known as Aso Oke hats. These soft embroidered hats are worn slouched to one side of the wearer’s head over the left ear. Interestingly, however, if the hat is slouched over the right ear, as in this image it might signify that the wearer is unmarried.

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Donal Sheehan

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

1973

Donal Sheehan

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TIFF
JPEG

English, eng

1973
Cork, Ireland

Photo

252 x 203mm