Russell Tovey

So for the album cover of Faith and Courage at that time, she worked with Jim Fitzpatrick, who was a really great Irish artist.

He'd done a lot of album covers and things before.

I think he worked with people like Thin Lizzy and there were many different people that he made artwork for.

But that portrait of her was so beautiful.

And I just loved this idea because he was referencing Celtic traditions in the work that he makes.

And there was an element of this soul of a nation or something in his work.

And I loved the fact that she'd chosen him to work with.

And I feel like a lot of the time when she would try to work with photographers, she would always have messages within the way that she would use imagery.

So it's interesting to me that, you know, you had a history in fashion or in terms of how you present yourself.

And she was so specific about how she presented herself to like shaving her head to like

rebelling when she was pregnant, for standing up for the rights of other musicians, like Public Enemy or different acts that she would stand up for.

And I just loved that about her, this kind of strength of conviction in terms of an Irish history, but also in the imagery that she would create.

And it's interesting because when the film came out, we did a screening in Margate with lots of people and it had sold out and it was a packed room and we all watched it together.

And I remember just the feeling of like watching it in a group was so powerful because a lot of people in that audience didn't actually know her music or know her that well.

They were like a younger generation.

And I remember thinking like, how cool that like, you know, she's waking people up now.

And then there were people discovering her like it was a brand new record and seeing her with this kind of respect immediately because they understood the legacy of what she'd given.

Like, did you ever expect that to be a kind of result of it?

Was that what you were hoping for?

How much of that documentary was new film that you actually created yourself?