Irish Film London presents Songs for While I’m Away as part of a special screening series at Bertha Dochouse in Bloomsbury, Central London.

The screening will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Emer Reynolds.

This brand new documentary - screened here as a preview to its main theatrical release - offers a fresh perspective on, and celebrates the life of, legendary Irish rock star, Phil Lynott. The story of a Black working-class Irish lad’s rise to fame against the odds offers hope to the disadvantaged while chronicling the rock and roll lifestyle of a star performer.

A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950's Dublin, became Ireland's Greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wildman. Told extensively through the words of Phil himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet, the dreamer.

Part of “The Irish for Hope”; a series of screenings from Irish Film London made possible with funding from Film Feels Hopeful, a UK-wide cinema season, supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. Explore all films and events at filmfeels.co.uk