Made with Seamus Heaney's unprecedented collaboration, this 75 minute documentary by Charlie McCarthy is a fresh and original look at the man and the artist, one of the greatest English-language poets of his generation.

The film explores the key personal relationships in Heaney's life - follows him at home, to Harvard and London with readings and interviews. The DVD digs deep into the rich store of Heaney's poetry and captures the sense of a man who has lived life fully, who has used his gifts to give expression to the great themes in all our lives of love, loss and longing and who has managed to combine the simplicity of a farmers' son fron County Derry with the sophistication of a major artist.

Duration 78 mins.