Hush-a-Bye Baby

Hush-a-Bye Baby
Directed byMargo Harkin
Written by
Produced byTom Collins
Starring
CinematographyBreffini Byrne
Edited byMartin Duffy
Music bySinéad O'Connor
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 1989 (1989) (Derry)[1]
  • 11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) (UK)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Hush-a-Bye Baby is a 1989 Northern Irish television film directed by Margo Harkin. Set in Derry in 1984, the film deals with the story of Goretti Friel, a fifteen-year-old Catholic girl who found herself pregnant during the Troubles.

The film marks the acting debut of Irish singer and songwriter Sinéad O'Connor.

  1. ^ McLoone, Martin (2000). Irish film : the emergence of a contemporary cinema. London: British Film Institute. pp. 148–150. ISBN 0851707939.