“The Bass Player” at IAC

Emmy-winning filmmaker Niall McKay’s much praised homage to his father, “The Bass Player: A Song for Dad” (62 minutes) gets a screening at the Irish Arts Center on next Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. The documentary, which the Irish Times said was “masterfully told,” takes the viewer on a journey from the depths of depression to the heights of new beginnings, marriage proposals and homecomings. The story explores relationship with his father Jim, a jazz musician, who in the 1970s raised his two young sons on his own in Dublin.