A short film celebrating the ten year anniversary of Dave McKean's graphic novel and performance. Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash was commissioned by 14-18Now, the Imperial War Museum and the Lakes Festival as part of First World War centenary commemorations. The graphic novel and live performance trace British landscape artist Paul Nash’s time as an officer in Ypres and how war transformed both his art and character. He entered as a young, idealistic symbolist and emerged hardened, angry, expressive and politically committed—not simply an “artist”, but a “messenger” driven to show people at home the truth of war, “wipe the cant and lies from English life”, and reveal how violence against the land reflects the violence we inflict on one another.