SORLEY MACLEAN'S ISLAND
Full length video
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Title: SORLEY MACLEAN'S ISLAND
Reference number: 3141
Date: 1974
Director: w. & d. Douglas Eadie
Sponsor: Scottish Arts Council and Films of Scotland
Production company: Ogam Films
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 22.21 mins
Description:
The Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean recites his poetry and discusses his work with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith.
See production file.
Credits:
"Nuair Bha Mi Og" sung by Dolina Maclennan
nar. Iain Agnew
sd. rec. Alex Brown
ed. Brian Crumlish
camera Martin Singleton
p. man. Oscar Marzaroli
Shotlist: c/u Sorley Maclean reading his poetry (0.14) c/u of Irish pipes being played; title overlay (0.43) c/u Sorley reading a poem at a ceilidh [including Aly Bain sitting in audience and Dolina McLennan introducing] (2.34) shots of men cutting peat on Raasay (4.10) ints. classroom of Gaelic speaking learners (6.18) Iain Crichton Smith talks about the importance of the writing of Sorley Maclean as he sits in a car driving onto a ferry (6.49) l/s cars driving off ferry on Skye (3.08) tracking shot road and countryside on Skye (8.40) ints. car (9.00) car driving up to house on Skye and Crichton Smith and driver of car disembark to meet Sorley and go into his house (9.57) l/s view of Skye looking onto Raasay (10.31) Sorley Maclean and Iain Crichton Smith in sitting room discussing the demise of the Gaelic language (13.43) gvs mountain on Skye (14.29) Sorley Maclean and Iain Crichton Smith taking a boat ride over to Raasay with v/o of Sorley talking about the influence of Raasay on his writing, with shot of them arriving on Raasay (17.49) graveyard on Raasay (19.09) sheep shearing on Raasay (20.42) Sorley reading his poetry at ceilidh [Aly Bain, folk musician is amongst the audience] (21.32) views of derelict croft and landscape of Raasay (22.21)