We No Longer Talk was a project funded by Llais y Lle; it allowed our Artistic Director Rhiannon White and artist Ffion Wyn Morris to explore the different relationships to the Welsh language in working class communities in North and South Wales.
Rhiannon and Ffion foregrounded connection, empathy and curiosity in their work, and the beautiful and haunting film captures this spirit. The film uses Arabic, English, Somali and Welsh to explore relationships between language, place and community. We No Longer Talk movingly explores redressing the missed opportunities to learn Welsh; the connection between our ancient rivers and revolutionary history; and the importance of digging deeper than the shallow slogans on unsustainable gift-shop tat.
Film made by Gavin Porter. Concept and Direction by Rhiannon White and Ffion Wyn Morris. Composition by Gwen Siôn. Devised, written and performed by Ali Goolyad, Bedwyr Williams, Jude Thoburn Price, Liws, Rhys Trimble and Thaer Al-Shayei.
You can read about our process and watch the film on our website here.