Songs for While I'm Away 2020

A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.

Cast:

Carl Shaaban
Phil Lynott 

Huey Lewis
Self 

James Hetfield
Self 

Adam Clayton
Self 

Eric Bell
Self 

Phil Lynott
Self (archive footage)