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Tha Thu air Aigeann M'Inntinn

A hand-drawn animation by Catr矛ona Black about the Iolaire disaster and its lasting impact on the Lewis community.

Film-beothaichte l脿mh-th脿irrnte le Catr矛ona NicilleDhuibh mu chall na h-Iolaire, le iomraidhean ciad-l脿imhe bho na sh脿bhail 鈥檚 bho fhianaisean, 鈥檚 ri sg貌r dr霉idhteach ci霉il a rinn am f矛dhleir Sarah-Jane Summers.

Tha e a鈥� sgr霉dadh an 脿mhghair aig muinntir Le貌dhais 鈥檚 na Hearadh 鈥檚 iad gan cur gu d霉bhlan a鈥� feuchainn ri ceanglaichean a dh猫anamh thar nan ginealaichean balbh ris na fir a chaill iad 鈥� a cheart mar a tha an d脿n aig Iain Mac a鈥� Ghobhainn, labhairte le Patsi NicCoinnich, a鈥� toirt iomradh air cho duilich 鈥檚 a tha e cuimhne air seann ghaol a shlaodadh bho ghrunnd neo-fhiosrach na h-inntinn aige.

Tha am film cumhachdach goirid seo a鈥� cur sgeidsichean air stoidhle guail-fhiodha c貌mhla ri innich togte le camara sna h-脿iteachan a thachair an call 鈥檚 ri foirmean tiamhaidh a chaidh a l矛onadh a-steach fo bhr貌n le luchd-d脿imh.

A hand-drawn animation by Catr矛ona Black about the Iolaire disaster, with first-hand accounts from survivors and witnesses and a haunting musical score by fiddler Sarah-Jane Summers.

The film explores the trauma felt by the Lewis community which struggles to connect to the men it lost after generations of silence, just as Iain Crichton Smith鈥檚 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.

5 minutes

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Sun 1 Jun 2025 20:25

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Director Catriona Black

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