'People Always Talk About The Troubles, But the Humour of People is Part of Life Here — I Wanted to Reflect That' | Alessandra Celesia on The Flats

'People Always Talk About The Troubles, But the Humour of People is Part of Life Here — I Wanted to Reflect That' | Alessandra Celesia on The Flats

Ciarán O’Rourke chats with filmmaker Alessandra Celesia, whose excellent new documentary, The Flats, set in New Lodge, a housing estate in north Belfast, examines the lasting impact of the Troubles across different generations. This conversation has been edited for concision and clarity. I wonder if you could start by telling us about your own relationship to Belfast, and what made you choose the community at New Lodge as the focus for this fil…