John T Davis, ‘Shellshock Rock.’ Hooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2010. 124-27.
Kathleen McCracken, ‘Poetic Documentary: The Films of John T Davis.’ Contemporary Irish Cinema From The Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa. Ed. James McKillop. New York:Syracuse UP, 1999. 11-21.
O’Brien, Harvey. ‘Somewhere to Come Back To: The Filmic Journeys of John T Davis.’ Irish Studies Review 9.2 (Aug. 2001): 167-78.
O’Neill, Sean, and Guy Trelford. ‘Shellshock Rock: An Alternative Blast from Belfast.’ It Makes You Want To Spit: The Definitive Guide to Punk in Northern Ireland 1977-1982. Dublin: Reekus Music, 2003: 183-187.
O’Regan, John, ed. John T. Davis: Works. Dublin: Gandon Editions, 1993.
The Uncle Jack In 2011 a bilingual English/Brazilian Portuguese edition of a book length critical study of The Uncle Jack was published by the W.B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies & Humanitas in São Paulo, Brazil. The book was edited by Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos and Lance Pettit, and contains a Preface to the film and the film script, both written by John T Davis, along with scholarly articles by Lance Pettitt and Kathleen McCracken. The London launch of the book was part of the Ireland Astray conference at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, November 11, 2011. A recording of John reading from the Preface on that occasion can be heard here (direct link to audio file here).
Director’s Preface: ‘That Treacherous Country of the Past.’ The Uncle Jack. Eds. Lance Pettitt & Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos. São Paulo: W. B Yeats Chair of Irish Studies & Humanitas, 2011. 69-83.
‘The Uncle Jack.’ [Film Script] The Uncle Jack. Eds. Lance Pettitt & Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos. São Paulo: W. B Yeats Chair of Irish Studies & Humanitas, 2011. 85-142.
Byrne, Terry. ‘John T. Davis: Documentarist.’ Power in the Eye: An Introduction to Contemporary Irish Film. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 1997. 174-77.
Deeney, Shaun. ‘Hard Road.’ Television and Video Production 16 (December 1985): 20-3.
Maillot, Agnes. ‘Punk on Celluloid: John Davis’ Shell Shock Rock.’ Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 20.3 (2000): 375-83.
McCracken, Kathleen. ‘Aspiring to the Condition of Language: Poetry and Irish Cinema, Part 1.’ Circa 53 (Sept-Oct 1990): 32-4.
‘Aspiring to the Condition of Language: Poetry and Irish Cinema, Part 2.’ Circa 54 (Nov-Dec 1990): 34-7.
‘Poetic Documentary: The Films of John T. Davis.’ Contemporary Irish Cinema From The Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa. Ed. James McKillop. New York:Syracuse UP, 1999. 11-21.
‘North Star on a Cloudy Night: Subjectivity in The Uncle Jack.’ The Uncle Jack. John T. Davis. Eds. Lance Pettitt & Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos. São Paulo: W. B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies & Humanitas, 2011. 151-176.
McIlroy, Brian. ‘‘We’ll fight and no surrender’ – Perhaps: Irish (Protestant) Documentary.’ Shooting to Kill: Filmmaking and the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. Richmond BC: Steveston Press/Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Flick Books, 1998; 2001. 191-94.
McLoone, Martin. ‘Irish Soundscapes: Punk Music and the Political Power of “What-Might-Have-Been”.’ Film, Media and Popular Culture in Ireland: Cityscapes, Landscapes, Soundscapes. Dublin/Portland: Irish Academic Press, 2008. 173-86.
O’Brien, Harvey. ‘Somewhere to Come Back To: The Filmic Journeys of John T Davis.’ Irish Studies Review 9.2 (Aug. 2001): 167-78.
'The Real Ireland: The Evolution of Ireland in Documentary Film.' Manchester/New York: Manchester UP, 2004.
O’Neill, Sean, and Guy Trelford. ‘Shellshock Rock: An Alternative Blast from Belfast.’ It Makes You Want To Spit: The Definitive Guide to Punk in Northern Ireland 1977-1982. Dublin: Reekus Music, 2003: 183-187.
O’Regan, John, ed. John T Davis: Works. Dublin: Gandon Editions, 1993.
Pettitt, Lance. Screening Ireland: Film and Television Representation. Manchester/New York: Manchester UP, 2000.
Pettitt, Lance. ‘Holywood Hobohemian: The Film-Work of John T Davis.’ The Uncle Jack. John T Davis. Eds. Lance Pettitt & Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos. São Paulo: W. B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies & Humanitas, 2011. 21-50.
Seidenberg, Steve. ‘John T Davis: Hobo.’ In Search of the Features Documentary: The Fine Cut Series. London: BBC, 1992. 40-3.
Newspaper Articles
Bradley, Una. ‘Call for film fans to rally round for screening.’ Belfast Telegraph 25 Feb. 2000: No page.
Doyle, Martin. ‘Irish Directions’. The Irish Post 2 Apr. 1994: 12-13.
Guerra, Flávia. ‘Ele veio de Holywood.’ O Estado de São Paulo 4 Oct. 2011: D8.
