WE HAVE OUR OWN SONG – THE FILM OF MUSIC

VI HAR VÅR EGEN SÅNG – MUSIKFILMEN

Drawing together the perspectives of several directors the film documents an alternative festival of traditional music designed to protest the cultural takeover by the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm 1975. Featuring Swedish, Irish and international artists on stage, as well as clips from speeches, riots, civil wars, and the people at the song contest itself.

Dir. Dick Idestam-Almquist, Jan Lindkvist, Lennart Malmer and others. 30 mins, Sweden, 1975, Digital, Subtitled

PIPES AND PORTER

PORTER OCH PIPA

In 1965, Lennart Malmer, a young film maker from Sweden, travelled to Ireland in search of music. Throughout his trip, he filmed the people, places and events he encountered, culminating with a journey to Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare where he met Willie Clancy and was invited into the uilleann piper’s home on the Flag Road. The resulting film, Porter Och Pipa, not seen in Ireland for almost 60 years, is a fascinating snapshot of the lives and music of some of the finest musicians in the history of Irish traditional music.

Dir. Lennart Malmer. 20 mins, Sweden, 1965, Digital, Black & White, Subtitled

This programme will be followed by Q&A with Lennart Malmer.