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An exiled activist returns to Ireland during the Depression and seeks to re-open a dance hall, facing poverty and oppression.
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During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
"Do you want a story with a socio-political backdrop? Then this is the ideal movie for you. Jimmy's Hall features award-winning director Ken Loach in a plot that echoes in modern times."