I stumbled into this film quite accidentally. From the opening scenes, I was completely immersed in a wonderfully silent world that explored the quotidian life of an Irish rural community. The awakening of a poetic soul is beautifully suggested through images of a stultifying Catholic education and the tender support of the singer's father. Abruptly, the film is thrust into New York where the poet resides, we learn, after singing at New Port for a festival around the time of a resurgence of folk music in America-The Clancy Brothers are referenced.
Irish culture has been monetized and trivialized, but this film celebrates the deep roots in mythic traditions that underpin the beauty of a life almost incomprehensible to our world.
Review of Song of Granite
