Details
$12 General / $10 Members 104 mins.Date(s)
Sun, Apr 8, 2018
4:30pm
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Overview
Enigmatic and complex, Joe Heaney was one of the greats of traditional Irish singing (sean nós). Shaped by the myths, fables, and songs of his upbringing in the west of Ireland, his emergence as a gifted artist came at a personal cost. Featuring performances from Colm Seoighe, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf, Lisa O'Neill, Damien Dempsey, and sean nós singers Mícheál Ó Chonfhaola and Pól Ó Ceannabháin, and beautiful black and white cinematography, Song of Granite is a distinct portrait of Heaney’s life and a marvelous exploration of music and song.
Note: Registrants of Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day beginning at 12:30pm will gain free entry to this film. More information about Irish Language Day can be found here.
Directed by Pat Collins
Co-written by Pat Collins, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde, and Sharon Wholley
Produced by Alan Maher, Jessie Fisk, and Martin Paul-Hus
Starring Macdara Ó Fátharta, Mícheál Ó Chonfhaola, Jaren Cerf, Pól Ó Ceannabháin, and Colm Seoighe
2018 Academy Awards — Best Foreign Language Film — Official Entry - Ireland
World Premiere: 2017 SXSW Film Festival
Run Time: 104 minutes; Not Rated
Language: Gaelic and English
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Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours International; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
