Anno2022
RegiaAndy Mackinnon, Kirsty MacDonald
Durata88'
Lingua minoritariaGaelic
TipologiaFeature Film
Sinossi
The documentary feature Dùthchas | Home is a poignant, touching and emotive exploration of what it meant – and still means – to people, especially women, to have to leave the island of their birth to get an education, work, and live. We explore the effect this had on the Gaelic language and culture of the island. A particularly moving film for anyone with a connection with the Hebrides. This film 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.
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Biografia
Andy Mackinnon has been active in creative film and contemporary art since the late 1980s. Based in North Uist (Outer Hebrides), he directed the Scottish BAFTA-nominated documentary Transition, the first Scottish film officially selected at IDFA (2000), and co-created Passing Places – The Real Outer Hebrides. He is passionate about the environment and island life.
Kirsty MacDonald is a Gaelic speaker from North Uist with over twenty years’ experience in the Gaelic cultural sector. She has worked on various BBC Alba productions and presented the archaeology series Talamh Tròcair. Her interests include indigenous languages, history, and ethnology.
