Faodail

Fragmented memories woven together from the archives, of a culture which is fighting to stay more than a frozen specimen. Dipping in and out of Gaelic and Scots stories, songs, recollections and invocations, Faodail is a powerful mix of intimate, shared moments preserved in time. Shifting narratives hint at personal and cultural loss, but with a persuasive power which will never fade. The sound is drawn entirely from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies, Alan Lomax, and Canna, and the images are reworked from Werner Kissling's Eriskay: A Poem of Remote Lives, filmed in 1934.