Song For Billy (2017)

A meditation on a lost era and the regenerative power of the sea, Song For Billy grew out of the haunting photographs of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photography project The Coal Coast. Tracing the scattered clues of England’s post-industrial northern coastline, with coal mining seams extending deep under the seabed, lead to stories embedded in the surreal landscape and the vivid re-enacting of the death of a young coal miner Billy, by his workmate. The story inspired the New York based percussion group So Percussion, who together with Amber created the film’s cathartic music.

• Release Date: 2017-01-01
• Runtime: 0h 18min
• Production Company: Amber Films
• Production Country: United Kingdom
• Director: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen