Irish Film Institute -SKIN IN THE GAME

SKIN IN THE GAME

Director: DONALD TAYLOR BLACK

74 minutes, Ireland, 2012, Colour


Donald Taylor Black, Brian Maguire and Roddy Doyle will participate in a post-screening Q&A with broadcaster, Vincent Woods. 

Donald Taylor Black’s new Irish-Film-Board-funded documentary, examines the current financial crisis through responses of a number of artists who are using it as subject matter for their work. 

Participants include: Christy Moore (musician); Seán Hillen (photographer); Rita Ann Higgins (poet); Brian Maguire (painter); David Quin (animator); Anthony Haughey (photographer); Nicky Gogan (filmmaker); David Bolger (choreographer); Gerald Dawe (poet); and David Monahan (photographer) as they look at emigration, ghost estates and the legacy of politicians and bankers. Roddy Doyle has written texts for the film that are voiced by actors including Lorcan Cranitch and Hilda Fay.

 

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