Jim Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Filmmaker Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father”) and his daughter, Kirsten Sheridan, talk about their new semi-autobiographical movie "In America." It’s about an Irish couple’s emigration to the United States.
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