''Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl'' is a documentary-style film released in 2005. The film tells the story of an

Irish Traveller Irish Travellers ( ga, an lucht siúil, meaning "the walking people"), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs (Shelta: Mincéirí), are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous ethno-cultural group in Ireland.''Questioning Gypsy identity: ethnic na ...

girl (Winnie Maughan) and her family. Most of the characters are played by the Maughan family themselves, led by youngest daughter Winnie. Its director and co-writer,

Perry Ogden Perry Ogden (born 1961) is a British fashion and documentary photographer, and film director, based in Dublin. He is interested in Traveller culture. Ogden has published three books of photography, ''Pony Kids'' (1999), ''7 Reece Mews: Francis Baco ...

, won an IFTA Award in the category of Breakthrough Talent in 2005. Winnie Maughan was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film in the same awards. Filmed entirely on video, the film was described as startlingly real, showing the conditions in which the family—who are members of Ireland's Travelling community— live.

External links

The official Pavee Lackeen website
* 2005 films 2005 drama films Irish drama films Works about Irish Travellers {{2000s-drama-film-stub