Film

4 June 2025

IFI@BrieryGap | The Graceless Age | The Ballad of John Murry

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When

4 June 2025

Time

8pm start time | Doors open 7.30pm 

Cert 15A

John Murry was on the cusp of greatness with his highly acclaimed album The Graceless Age (2013) when, addicted to heroin and creatively exhausted, he washed up on Irish shores a broken man. Now, he is ready to retrace his steps back into the dark heart of American life to face his difficult childhood, traumatic assault, and resulting years of opioid addiction. He also explores his family links to the Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner about whom his adopted grandmother Mimi would say, if anyone was imbued with the spirit of Bill Faulkner, it was John.

Director Sarah Share (If I Should Fall From Grace) follows John’s journey from near-death to redemption and a new zest for life and art through his outstanding music. Winner of the Best feature documentary at IFI Documentary Festival 2023.

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Mixing memoir and travelogue, director Sarah Share joins Murry as he goes back to Mississippi to recount the genesis of The Graceless Age - family, race, and harrowing experiences alongside a love of literature and the blues. The director's patchwork approach to her subject works remarkably well, and Murry proves to be as beguiling on camera as he is on both vinyl and stage

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Harry Guerin | RTÉ

John Murry

Credits

Director | Sarah Share

Starring | John Murry

Producers | Nuala Cunningham, John Galway, and Aeschylus Poulos

Executive Producers | Ciaran O'Connor, Sonya Di Rienzo, Justin Rebelo, Matt Orenstein

Production Companies | New Decade TV and Film, Hawkeye Pictures, Corrib Entertainment

Festivals & Awards | Galway Film Fleadh - Winner Best Irish Documentary | IFI Documentary Festival

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