Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous

Made with Seamus Heaney's unprecedented collaboration "Seamus Heaney: Out of the Marvellous" is both intimate and all-embracing, a fresh and original look at the man and artist, one of the greatest English-language poets of his generation. It explores the key personal relationship in Heaney's life, that with his wife Marie, through a fascinating interview with both of them. It also follows Heaney to Harvard, New York and London, to readings, signings and public interviews, encountering friends and colleagues. 

This documentary digs deep into the rich store of Heaney's poetry to reveal key periods in his life: the raw pastoral of his childhood in County Derry, his struggle to respond creatively to the political realities in Northern Ireland, the responsibilities of parenthood, the excitements of erotic love and the brutal realities of bereavement.