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A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats (2016)98 minDocumentaryRating 43/100

Through performances of some of Yeats' most iconic poems by leading Irish and British cultural figures, Bob Geldof reveals how Yeats and others built the scaffolding of a new independent Ireland decades before the Rising - but how Yeats' vision for a modern, pluralist, inclusive Ireland was pushed aside by the narrow-minded Catholic elite of the new Free State.

Cast: Bob Geldof, Stephen Fry, Van Morrison, William Butler Yeats, Liam Neeson

Director: Gerry Hoban