practice looks at B/black diasporas, particularly women, and their connection to memory, myth, and land, casting a critical eye on capitalism and environmental consumption.
tries to imagine what may have been forgotten and where we (as a global community) might be going.
HippFest (Bo’ness) & Flatpack (Birmingham), 2024-25
live score by Tommy Perman and Andrew Wasylyk
The title is inspired by the Falkirk Tunnel, known in the local imagination as "The Darkkie" which serves in the film as a site of confluence and transformation for three imagined historical travellers connected via the global trade economies.
with support from Creative Scotland and Falkirk Council.
Based on research into the Falkirk Archives and using footage from BFI National Archive, Media Archive Central England, Collection Eye Filmmuseum Netherland and the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive.