A Silent War - Lullaby (I.S.L.)

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Location

Belfast, University of Atypical

Year

2021

Date

Length

02min 00sec

Audio

silent

Format

Digital

colour

Source

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive

Courtesy

Hands That Sign, Jane O'Brien, Ross Thompson

Rights Holder

Northern Ireland Screen, Ross Thompson

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Lullaby by Ross Thompson, written in Bangor during 2020 Lockdown

Tomorrow, we will wake to a green light 
pouring out like wine from a cracked ewer, 
spreading across freshly laundered sheets,
tickling our chins like butterflies in flight.


We will stir gently. The hum of the street
will cradle us as the new day resets
with gentle fingers caressing our skin,
whispering promises of safe footsteps

 
as we forge into the day, hopefully,
bravely, arms like topsails between the sun
and North Wind, braced for impact as we sprint
headlong into the as yet uncharted

Credits

Lullaby by Ross Thompson

ISL translation and performance by Jane O'Brien

Filmed in University of Atypical by Stuart Calvin

Produced by Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell for Northern Ireland Screen

A Silent War Creative Producers: Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell & Ann Donnelly

Funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen

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