Cocooned | |
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Genre | COVID-19 documentary film |
Created by | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 27 September 2021 |
Cocooned is a 2021 Irish documentary film by documentarian Ken Wardrop, which explored the older generation's reactions to be being confined during the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. [1] [2] [3] Aired on 27 September 2021 on RTÉ One, [4] it celebrated the resilience and bravery of Ireland's older generation and honoured their acceptance and grit in the face of adversity. [5]
Filmed from March 2020 to January 2021, [6] the documentary featured 11 men and women aged over 70 talking about their experiences, thoughts and insights as they cocooned during the pandemic. [7] Filmed primarily at night through peoples' windows while conversations were recorded on telephones, it showcased the calm eeriness of Ireland's national lockdowns. [8] The film began with drone shots of an empty Dublin, along with then- Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's speech to the nation on St Patrick's Day 2020 and ended with the third lockdown in January 2021. [9]