Hares On The Mountain – Digital Short Film
This film is a feminist exploration of rural landscapes of the North of England and nods to the traditional English folk song “Hares on a Mountain”, which was popularised by Shirley Collins in the 1950s but was also sung/released by Cecil Sharp in 1903, Louise Hooper in the late 19th century and most recently by Radie Peat of LANKUM in 2018. This film, which features me singing extracts from the song, contributes to the multi-generational lineage of female voices that have related to the song, which, passed down through oral tradition, has remained powerfully unchanged for hundreds of years. This film was shot at The Roaches, near Leek, Staffordshire.
Camera operator: Alfie Anderson. No animals were harmed in the making of this work.
