
Charles Kearney
2021The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
John Mackenzie
John Bett, Dolina MacLennan
The "ceilidh play", as writer John McGrath styled it, is presented in the BBC's 1974 "Play for Today" production to a live audience intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags. Restored in high definition from the original film masters held in the BBC Archives.
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Zahrat al-Qindul
Jean Khalil Chamoun, Mai Masri
Colette O'Neil, Beatie Edney
In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus on the women who played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon. Preserving their stories on camera, Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon is a poignant documentary about courage, resistance, and hope.
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
Comfort and Joy
Bill Forsyth
Bill Paterson, Eleanor David
Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
Comfort and Joy