Gill & Gill is both visual essay and visceral poem, a celebration and an exploration of our relationship with stone and craft. It compares two masters of the material: one of rock climbing, the other of letter carving.
Eric Gill and John Gill were the respective fathers of modern letter carving and bouldering. One shaped, the other scaled, but why did stone speak to them both? By way of answer this film, narrated by the acclaimed British actor Clive Russell, follows their twenty-first century successors: Richard Kindersley, world-renowned letter carver, and Lucy Creamer, Britain's greatest female climber.
This is a shorter version of the full 16 minute film.
Title
Gill & Gill
Year
2015
Duration
08:22
Credits
Writer: Peter Shenai
Voiceover: Clive Russell
DOP: Sam Goldwater
Music: Father