Tha Thu Air Aigeann m'Inntinn
A hand-drawn animation by Catrìona Black about the Iolaire disaster, with first-hand accounts from survivors and witnesses and a powerful musical score by fiddler Sarah-Jane Summers. The film explores the trauma felt by the Lewis and Harris communities which struggle to connect to the men they lost after generations of silence, just as Iain Crichton Smith’s poem, performed by Patsi Mackenzie, describes his struggle to haul the memory of a past love from the ocean floor of his subconscious. This powerful short film layers charcoal-style drawings with textures photographed in the areas affected, and poignant forms filled in by grieving relatives.
- Festival
- Celtic Media Festival 2020
- Title
- Tha Thu Air Aigeann m'Inntinn
- Title in English
- You are at the Bottom of my Mind
- Entry Category
- Animation
- Produced By
- Am Bocsa
- Producer
- Catrìona Nic 'ille Dhuibh
- Directed By
- Catrìona Nic 'ille Dhuibh
- Broadcaster
- BBC ALBA