Cork film-maker's tale of a great Irish sean-nós singer on longlist for foreign-language Oscar

Cork film-maker Pat Collins’ tale of one of Ireland’s greatest sean-nós singers is on the longlist for the foreign-language Oscar, writes Esther McCarthy

Here’s an evocative moment in Pat Collins’ Song of Granite involving legendary Irish folk singer Joe Heaney.

While working as a doorman in a New York hotel, he removes a glove from his hand, touches the cold stone, and dreams of returning to his Connemara home.