A long-lost part of film history will be revived at Dundee Contemporary Arts at the weekend.
It will host The Lost Art of the Film Explainer, a unique blend of words, music and archive silent film.
The special event is part of a Scottish tour organised by the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, which was held to celebrate the centenary of the Hippodrome cinema in Bo’ness, Scotland’s oldest purpose-built picture palace.
During the silent era, live musicians were sometimes accompanied by film explainers.
Part-narrator and part-actor, they stood next to the screen, enriching the movies with an entertaining combination of background information, interpretation and theatrical storytelling.
Andy Cannon will revive this forgotten skill at DCA, alongside music from cellist and composer Wendy Weatherby and musician Frank McLaughlin, at a screening of rare films from the Scottish Screen Archive.
The programme includes Scotland’s first fiction film, Mairi The Romance of a Highland Maiden, and an elegiac short film about the remote island of St Kilda.
Head of cinema Alice Black said: “Although DCA is a contemporary arts centre, we still value and appreciate the artistry behind our Scottish film heritage.”
The Lost Art of the Film Explainer takes place at 3pm on Sunday.
Tickets are available from the DCA box office on 01382 909900 or online at dca.org.uk.