BRITANNICA New Film Project Launched!
Still from 'Britannica: Rites and Rituals'
Our latest film project, Britannica, examines a somewhat unconventional side to set designer Simon Costin's sphere of interest: namely his fascination with, and ardent support of, the native folklore rites and rituals of Great Britain. His passion for these traditions is so heartfelt that he has recently realised a lifetime's ambition in founding The Museum of British Folklore, currently a travelling exhibition with aims to find a permanent home to house the first national museum devoted to the folk culture of the British Isles. Costin's museum - housed in a converted 1976 Castleton caravan - was debuted at his recent Folklore Fete at Cecil Sharp House, and is the centrepiece of conversation and aesthetic in our interview film with Costin. Alongside this, Britannica debuts a short film edited from over thirty years of archive footage captured by folklore afficionado Doc Rowe, and edited by Ruth Hogben to capture the rites and rituals of this Sceptred Isle, shown online for the first time.
I absolutely love these films, real gems!
Does anybody know the name of the song and singer of the very first song on Rites and Rituals?
By la at 22:44 Fri 22 May 2009 | reply to this >