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Tue 02 Feb 2007Independents taking controlWhat may not be immediately obvious to the casual viewer is that all but one of the current dozen Arts Lives documentaries were actually made not by RTÉ, but by independent Irish film companies, writes Arminta Wallace.Some of these companies have built a relationship with, and expertise in, particular art forms over the years: Seán Ó Mórdha's Araby Productions, for example, has made a number of films with literary themes, while Hummingbird Productions, run by Philip King and Nuala O'Connor, specialises in documentaries about traditional music.