Brosnan gives key note speech on the struggle facing films with a social message

Indian Country are reporting that in his keynote address at the Sundance Film Festival, actor/producer/environmentalist Pierce Brosnan outlined his six-year struggle to bring to the screen his new film "Evelyn."

Brosnan decided to champion this small film, the story of a single dad trying to retain custody of his kids in Ireland in 1953, in large part because of his own activism in the field of foster children. He concluded it was the perfect project for his production company, Irish Dreamtime. Now in wide release, the film has garnered tremendous positive acclaim from the media, film festivals and the public, but the long process to get the film made, according to Brosnan, was a frustrating one.



He exhorted the conference attendees to stay the course, saying, "The key is to make the bottom-line money guys care about the film as much as you do. And all they care about, you will quickly conclude, is profit margin. But do`t lose your passion. That`s when you are going to need it the most."

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