DÙTHCHAS
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Synopsis
DUTHCHAS is a poignant, touching and emotive exploration of what it means to people, especially women, to have to leave the island of their birth - Berneray in the Outer Hebrides - to get an education, work, and live and examines the effect this had on the Gaelic language and culture of the island.
The documentary features previously unseen Kodachrome 8mm archive film of everyday life on the Isle of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland through the 60s and 70s, intercut with interviews with people from the island including many featured in the archive film which reveals repeated iconic scenes of leaving the island, friends and relatives on the pier waving as they recede into the distance.
A specially composed soundtrack by Donald Shaw draws on the richness of traditional Gaelic songs from Berneray and their compelling melodies as inspiration.
https://www.duthchas.org/
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 88 min
- Format
- Digital 6k/4k
- Director
- Andy Mackinnon, Kirsty MacDonald 1st Feature
- Producer
- Andy Mackinnon
- Co-Producer
- John Archer
- Executive Producer
- Margaret Cameron, Mark Thomas
- Editor
- Andy Mackinnon
- Screenwriter
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- Director of Photography
- Andy Mackinnon
- Production Designer
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- Sound
- Paul Wilson, Becky Thomson
- Music
- Donald Shaw
- Principal Cast
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Production status
Complete
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Last updated 19th October 2022
