A Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive project, The Final Word, shown at the Ulster Museum
Date Posted: October 24, 2022
The Final Word, a short film produced as a creative response to Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive, is being shown as part of the 141ST Royal Ulster Academy of Arts exhibition which opened at the Ulster Museum on Friday 14th October.
Directed by Tristan Crowe, the short film is based on a monologue by Belfast writer Jan Carson, her work itself a response to John T. Davis’ 1989 documentary, Dust on the Bible. The collaborative endeavour also incorporates an audio performance of the monologue, commissioned by The Mac Belfast, directed by Emily Foran, read by Dervla McSorely, and with soundscape by Die Hexen.
Transferred to the screen, the short film incorporates archive material from Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive and features Lily Gault as a young girl brought up within a world in which evangelical religion and politics are intertwined, and the voices of women often went unheard.
Director Tristan Crowe said: “It was an honour to be part of this project, both to work alongside such talented people as Jan Carson and Die Hexen, as well as getting access to the wonderful footage in Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive. I’m very pleased that the film is part of such a prestigious exhibition as the RUA, an exhibition I have admired for many years”.
The 141ST RUA Annual Exhibition at the Ulster Museum, Belfast, runs until the 3rd of January 2023. Admission is free.
