
Tha Thu air Aigeann M'Inntinn
A hand-drawn animation by Catrìona Black about the Iolaire disaster and its lasting impact on the Lewis community.
Film-beothaichte làmh-thàirrnte le Catrìona NicilleDhuibh mu chall na h-Iolaire, le iomraidhean ciad-làimhe bho na shàbhail ’s bho fhianaisean, ’s ri sgòr drùidhteach ciùil a rinn am fìdhleir Sarah-Jane Summers.
Tha e a’ sgrùdadh an àmhghair aig muinntir Leòdhais ’s na Hearadh ’s iad gan cur gu dùbhlan a’ feuchainn ri ceanglaichean a dhèanamh thar nan ginealaichean balbh ris na fir a chaill iad – a cheart mar a tha an dàn aig Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn, labhairte le Patsi NicCoinnich, a’ toirt iomradh air cho duilich ’s a tha e cuimhne air seann ghaol a shlaodadh bho ghrunnd neo-fhiosrach na h-inntinn aige.
Tha am film cumhachdach goirid seo a’ cur sgeidsichean air stoidhle guail-fhiodha còmhla ri innich togte le camara sna h-àiteachan a thachair an call ’s ri foirmean tiamhaidh a chaidh a lìonadh a-steach fo bhròn le luchd-dàimh.
A hand-drawn animation by Catrìona Black about the Iolaire disaster, with first-hand accounts from survivors and witnesses and a haunting musical score by fiddler Sarah-Jane Summers.
The film explores the trauma felt by the Lewis community which struggles to connect to the men it lost after generations of silence, just as Iain Crichton Smith’s poem, performed by Patsi Mackenzie, describes his struggle to haul the memory of a past love from the ocean floor of his subconscious.
This powerful short film layers charcoal-style drawings with textures photographed in the areas affected, and poignant forms filled in by grieving relatives.
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- Mon 31 Dec 2018 20:20
- Mon 31 Dec 2018 22:05
- New Year's Day 2019 17:25
- New Year's Day 2019 19:10
- Wed 2 Jan 2019 20:25
- Thu 3 Jan 2019 23:10
- Fri 4 Jan 2019 12:40
- Sun 6 Jan 2019 18:05
- Sun 6 Jan 2019 19:40
- Sun 15 Sep 2019 22:45
- New Year's Day 2020 20:25
- Mon 7 Sep 2020 21:55
- Tue 8 Sep 2020 21:55
- Mon 25 Jan 2021 21:50
- Tue 26 Jan 2021 22:45
- Wed 27 Jan 2021 23:45
- Fri 29 Jan 2021 23:45
- Sun 31 Oct 2021 00:30
- Sun 2 Jan 2022 19:55
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A' comharrachadh ceud bliadhna bho thachair tubaist uabhasach na h-Iolaire.
Iolaire 100
A' comharrachadh ceud bliadhna bho thachair tubaist uabhasach na h-Iolaire.