"Tommy"is an award winning film short, using spoken word to remember those fallen in WW1. Produced as part of the Armistice 100 years Projection-Mapping Light show event for the BBC.
We recently put this in. for a few awards, and we are delighted to have been selected for some of the more prestigious industry Film awards
Semi-Finalists (Oct 2021)
Best Indie Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Original Screenplay
Best Microfilm
Specially Selected (Sept 2021)
Best Indie Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Original Screenplay
Watch Tommy
TOMMY
Fragile crimson petals, rise from disturbed earth
symbol of a forefathers actions that have earned
a place on your clothing, but also in the memory
of generations living life in traces of their legacy
we learned it in history lessons not necessarily
grasping the gravity of what they must of seen
to think the troops included around 20,000 teens
to think they left so soon engulfed in tinnitus and screams
survivors were subjected to the shell shocked day dreams
bomb blasts peppered them in scars psychologically
thunder of the war machines, unparalleled brutality
forty million casualties, civilian and military
splintered memories adrift in broken testimonies
minds shutting down and blocking out what was perceived
debilitating wounds of war, physically and mentally
from the trench they rose to Armageddon for their country
a fear of feeling fear its self, they couldn't be afraid
facing court marshals and stigma of the shame
some of them were fourteen.. told to be brave
stiff upper lip tommy, common play the game
when tommy went over the top he never was the same
tears are shed for tommy cuz he found a early grave
and we're here to commemorate the sacrifice he made
your name carved in stone tommy, that will never change
so the armistice was signed upon a hundred years today
but many conflicts followed on, tearing thru the ages
all over the planet this cycle of devastation
damages the human beings caught within its nature
devices made for killing have evolved and gained more power
but objectives on the battle field remain the same for soldiers
for those who are here for loved ones this eleventh of November
this poppy on the chest embodies that they are remembered.
Rap version of Tommy with Animation
follow this link to see the full armistice projection
