Wintersong - A Film on Dakota Suite

A grey sky, a deserted stadium, switched off floodlights, a tender melody. Chris Hooson strides through gaping stands. While going through hard times he dedicated a gentle hymn to Everton FC. The audience follows Hooson and his band, Dakota Suite, through the cites of his past, from his youth in Holland to the sparse Northwest coast of England, and ends up in the musician’s living room. Hooson’s haunting past makes him pick up his guitar again and again and what emerges is as fragile as life itself. We see Dakota Suite recording piano fragments at a chapel in their hometown of Leeds, and drum parts in Chris Hooson’s house. In "WINTERSONG", the songwriter talks about his family, his musical work, and his day job as a social worker dealing with imprisoned offenders. The mournful music and the melancholic lyrics of Chris Hooson are combined with rich imagery, creating space for the music to rise in and flood through organically. The film shows the close relationship of art to every day life. "WINTERSONG" is a compelling, lyrical music documentary, which delivers an insight into the source of inspiration of an exceptional musician