Glen Hansard - High Hope

From the album 'Rhythm and Repose'
Filmed and edited by Hedvika Rose Hlavackova
In 'High hope' the chorus line Glen sings is 'I'm gonna see you there'. There, is a place. Whether imagined or definitive, in this case we chose the place that Glen grew up in, his hometown, the place that formed and informed his childhood, Ballymun. The choice was made for a couple of reasons, one being that Ballymun as he knew it, is being torn down right now and disappearing before our eyes, the town was built as a short term solution for inner city developement in the early 70's, the same model used the world over, remove the inner city folks to a satellite town, and develop and gentrify the town centre. Another reason was to bring a more personal picture put together with recreated scenes of Glen's memories and documentary footage. We returned to say so long to the Towers and flat, sing them a song..