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Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling and Joe McBride are among those interviewed in Dreaming the Quiet Man. The film's making process is chronicled in fascinating archive material and archival images. Ford's native birthplace of Connemara, on the west coast of Ireland, where his parents were born, serves as the primary setting for the documentary. When Ford returns to Ireland in1922, the Feeney family tells the story of how Ford's parents left Ireland after the Great Famine and how the young Ford saw his cousins' house burned down by the Black and Tans when he went to visit them. Ford donated money to the IRA while pretending to scout locations for a film. Ford grew raised in Portland Maine and went on to become a director in the early days of Hollywood. We visit the city to learn more about Ford's life and work. The young man had a successful career, but Ireland was never far from his thoughts.