Summary
A uniquely intimate journey through the inspiration, creativity, writing and recording of a PJ Harvey’s music album that she shares with director Seamus Murphy. Through an artistic collaboration from which – while travelling – they both collected inspiring amounts of materials, a live sound-sculpture and an unforgettable audiovisual experience is created.
Seamus Murphy is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and author of the books A Darkness Visible and The Republic. The film A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan (2011), about his work as a photojournalist in Afghanistan, was nominated for an Emmy Award. He has collaborated with PJ Harvey on her albums Let England Shake and The Hope Six Demolition Project, and on the book The Hollow of the Hand (Bloomsbury, 2015).
Festivals and awards
Berlin International Film Festival 2019; Visions du Réel 2019; Sarajevo Film Festival 2019; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019; Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2019; Transatlantyk Festival: Lodz 2019; Valleta Film Festival 2019; Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2019; Shanghai International Film Festival 2019.
