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Niall McCann
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Producer: Clare Ridge. Writer: Niall McCann
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DocumentaryMusic
Niall McCann’s energetic first feature Art Will Save the World celebrates forgotten singer-songwriter, novelist and artist, Luke Haines. Haines, one of the founding members of “The Auteurs”, is often described as one of the great English contemporary songwriters, a man who launched Britpop but who then disappeared into obscurity. Through his own wry commentaries, which are dark, unapologetic and very funny, and through observations from his contemporaries and friends including Jarvis Cocker, David Peace and Arthur Matthews, Art Will Save the World explores the work, legacy, battles and the future of this perennial outsider of Britpop and allows us to meet the forgotten man.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn.
70 minutes, Ireland, 2012, Colour
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (PROGRAMME 2) 12.50
CROSSING 15.20, 20.55
HEART OF AN OAK 18:00
LA CHIMERA 20.30
SHAYDA 13.00 (OC), 18.00
SLEEP 13.15
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 18.30
THE COMMANDANT’S SHADOW 13.40
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 16.00
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