Director
Claire Dix
Credits
Producer: Nodlag Houlihan. Sound: Graham Newcombe
Category
Documentary
Music
GI, Costello and Willa Lee are street poets, hip-hop artists, rappers and song-writers from Dublin’s often-deprived suburbs. Through their words they have found a way to diffuse their frustration with the chaos that surrounds them and to inspire others to master forms of self-expression which nurture creativity rather than anger. The pared-back aesthetic of Claire Dix’s documentary, shot elegantly in black and white (with occasional, metaphorical splashes of colour), ennobles her young subjects and mirrors the raw texture of their work. Her method is un-invasive, dwelling not on the detail of the boys’ sometimes shambolic lives, but focusing instead on their music. And while all are immensely talented, attention is drawn inexorably to the astonishing, haunting voice of 19-year-old urban soul singer Willa Lee.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn. Awards:Audience Award for Best Film at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2013.66 minutes, Ireland, 2013, B&W
ABOUT DRY GRASSES
15:00, 19:10
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS: THE DOOM GENERATION
17.00
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (DOUBLE BILL)
13.40
I SAW THE TV GLOW
15.40, 18.00
NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND
14:00, 18:50
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN
11:10
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION
20:15
THE SATURDAY SERIAL: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
11.00
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