How Uncanny Was My Valley

Early promotional photo for How Uncanny Was My Valley.

How Uncanny Was My Valley is a 2020 film loosely based on John Ford's 1941 classic How Green Was My Valley.

Description

How Uncanny Was My Valley tells the story of the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family on Mars, from the point of view of the youngest child Pkd, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents, and his five brothers, in the Valles Marineris during the early modern era.

The story chronicles life in the Martian colonies, the widening gaps between the "Cannies" (human colonists) and the "Uncannies" (android-Martian hybrids), and its effects on the family.

The Waking of the Slate

The film gives a realistic depiction of the traditional Welsh Waking of the Slate ritual.

Anvils In Flight

The musical anvils band Anvils In Flight appears briefly in a bar fight scene performing the introduction to their hit song "Never Touch Ground" (better known as "Anvils Above").

Origin

The concept originated in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Tuesday June 15, 2020.

• Comment @ Facebook

Fiction cross-reference

• Anvils In Flight
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Musical anvils
• The Waking of the Slate - traditional Welsh mining ritual
• Slate in the Evening - novel about an alcoholic who substitutes slate for drink
• One If By Clay - 2020 adventure film; the title is from the phrase "One if by clay, two if by slate" - see Binomial geology

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Philip K. Dick (nonfiction)
• Karl Jones (nonfiction)

External links

• How Green Was My Valley (film)
• Valles Marineris