Alasdair Gray: A Life in Progress

Alasdair Gray is one of the giants of the Scottish arts scene, gaining a reputation as a great writer and artist, notorious drunkard, irascible interviewee and controversial essayist. In this intimate portrait, made over the course of 15 years, he has allowed himself to be filmed creating work that has become part of the living heritage of Scotland.

This feature length documentary gets behind the hype, revealing a character who is by turns incisive, chaotic and laugh out loud funny. A Q&A with director Kevin Cameron follows the screening.