Alive from the Divis Flats (2012)

Hugo Straney is an Irish Canadian from Belfast Northern Ireland. He has been in show business for over 30 years waiting for that big break. Every week Hugo goes to the bars, weddings, hosts a radio show all in hopes that one day the big break will happen. He has performed in Vegas and with two records of cover songs he should be known by now. This honest interaction with the camera tells the story of the 'everyman' on the journey of life in his search for recognition and mortality. But there in the background is Hugo's past; a childhood during Northern Ireland's worst times in history and disaster in social housing: the Divis Flats. This is the true story, the honest story of the impact the experiment in housing that has catapulted Hugo forward.