A Boat Retold (2011)
When is a boat not a boat? A: When it's a story. In A Boat Retold, artist Ian Stephen, writer Robert Macfarlane and others tell stories in and around the restored Orkney boat Broad Bay, as it sets off for the Shiant Islands. The boat and its history become the narrative focus for movements in time over three generations, spinning tales of fishing, boat-building and family history - a ballad of Hebridean island traditions, experiences and arts.
Directors: Seán Martin, Louise Milne.
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Robert MacFarlane as Self |
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Iain Louis Macleod as Self |
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Norman MacLeod as Self |
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Colin Myers as Self |
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Ian Stephen as Self |
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Sean Zeihm-Stephen as Self |
| Writing | Louise Milne | Writer |
| Camera | Andy Mackinnon | Additional Photography |
| Directing | Seán Martin | Director |
| Production | Seán Martin | Producer |
| Sound | Iseabail MacAskill | Music |
| Sound | Giles Perring | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Louise Milne | Editor |
| Directing | Louise Milne | Director |
| Camera | Seán Martin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Louise Milne | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Peter Urpeth | Music |
| Production | Louise Milne | Producer |
| Writing | Seán Martin | Writer |
| Camera | Ian Stephen | Additional Photography |
| Editing | Nick Soldan | Assistant Editor |