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FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES
The Hudson's Bay Boys
The red carpet premiere of The Hudson's Bay Boys film (one hour) and ceilidh after is at The Scotsman Hotel cinema and Russell Suite in Edinburgh at 7pm - midnight on Wednesday 23rd November.
All cast and crew coming over from the Arctic for the bash! In fact around 50 people from Nunavut! It's a free event but donations - suggested 5 pounds - being taken at the door to go directly to the young family of Noah Metuq - an Inuit hunter who is a character in the film.
He died a few months in a freak boating accident in Pangnirtung. Staff and students of Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh are playing the music for the evening. Dr Katherine Campbell has been organising that. The film goes out on BBC2 on St Andrews night at 9pm so hoping the event will generate lots of publicity for the film and a big donation for Noah's family. I've not created a poster yet but will do so soon, but please spread the word amongst anyone you think would like to come along to the event. There are 3 screening of the film from 6pm onwards and Scottish music from 7pm until 9pm, then the ceiledh at 9pm. The Bay Boys are bringing over raffle prizes...Inuit arts and crafts, sealskin mitts etc. Northwest Company have already donated to the fundraiser.
Is the Crown at War With Us?
Alanis Obomsawin | Canada | 2002 | 96 minutes
A feature documentary offering a gripping portrait of the Esgenoopetitj Mi’gmaq First Nation during the summer of 2000 as the Canadian government appears to wage war on the community for exercising their inherent and court-affirmed fishing rights.
Wednesday, 7th March 2012 at 07:00 PM
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0332659/
Passage
John Walker | Canada | 2008 | 90 minutes
‘Passage’ achieves something truly special in telling the story of John Rae and his remarkable journeys. In recognising that there’s more to a story than the story itself, John Walker blends established techniques to create a wonderful, rich hybrid documentary that paints a full picture of a man and his times, the lands he travelled through, the people he met and the struggles he endured. Walker’s choices in switching narrative viewpoints, in sparing use of dramatic re-creation and in bringing the modern world face-to-face with the Victorian are the sign of a fine director at ease with his craft and one who credits his audience with the intelligence to follow his line.
Wednesday, 14th March 2012 at 07:00 PM
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1048154/
Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
Robert Cornellier | Canada | 2008 | 99 minutes
In the early hours of March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker runs aground in Alaska. It discharges millions of gallons of crude oil. The incident becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. In a flash, dramatic images shoot across the planet. They show thousands of carcasses of dead seabirds and sea otters covered in oil. A thick black tide rises and covers the beaches of once-pristine Prince William Sound. For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world’s most powerful oil company – ExxonMobil. They tell us all about the environmental, social and economic consequences of the black wave that changed their lives forever.
Wednesday, 21st March 2012 at 07:00 PM
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1329316/
Waterlife
Kevin McMahon | Canada | 2009 | 109 minutes
Water’s journey from streams entering Lake Superior to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence Seaway takes 350 years. The narration establishes the importance of the Great Lakes for the U.S. and Canada’s fresh water. Then, for each of the Great Lakes, plus Lake St. Clair, the film focuses on specific environmental problems: lamprey eels in Lake Superior, heavy metals in Lake Michigan, zebra mussels in Lake Huron, petrochemical waste in Lake Erie, and toxic waste dumps near Lake Ontario all degrade human and animal health. The film argues that governments and industry turn a blind eye to needed clean up and regulation, putting plants, fish, birds, and humans at risk
Wednesday, 28th March 2012 at 07:00 PM
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1436049/
MUSIC
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire + The Walkmen
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Thursday 1st September 2011
This Canadian indie-rock band are known for their live shows featuring a vast array of musical instruments, including the violin, cello, xylophone, accordion, and harp.
The Walkmen
A band formed around a trio of former members of cult band Jonathan Fire*Eater. Expect traces of The Velvet Underground, 'Boy'-era U2, Jeff Buckley, Mercury Rev and a whole lot more; The Walkmen takes these familiar influences and push them into a fresh and inspired new stratosphere. 'One of the most exciting commodities to come out of the US since the heyday of Sonic Youth.' (Independent)
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The 2011 Perthshire Amber Festival (28 October to 6 November)
The Perthshire Amber Festival headed up by Scots singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean, has announced its line-up for Autumn this year. It includes rising star Emily Smith, Jimmie McGregor, Phil Cunningham, Archie Fisher and a host of familiar names from Scotland’s folk and trad scene, as well as Beoga from Ireland, Eliza Lynn from USA and Canadian Buddy MacDonald, all performing alongside Scotland’s Dougie MacLean.
Dougie MacLean is most widely known for his song 'Caledonia' and music for 'Last of the Mohicans'. He has performed worldwide - from New York's Carnegie Hall to London's Festival Theatre and The Sydney Opera House and his songs have been covered by Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Ronan Keating, Mary Black, Frankie Miller, Cara Dillon, Kathy Mattea to name a few.
His ten day festival, now in its seventh year, takes place in varied venues across Perthshire, such as village and town halls. Venues run from the grandiose Blair Castle and Castle Menzies to a tiny Iron Age Crannog, the new Caledonia Hall at Edradour Distillery and ancient Dunkeld Cathedral.
Maclean recently received two prestigious Tartan Clef Awards, a place in the Scottish Music Hall of Fame and an OBE in the 2011 New Year Honours list
“This year looks like being a really special one for me," says MacLean. "I will receive my OBE in July at Holyrood for services to music and charity and then a Danish Music Award presented at the Skagen Festival. I’ve got some great concerts and festivals during the summer and I’m really looking forward to playing with many dear friends and greatly talented musicians at Perthshire Amber later this year. I can’t wait to welcome everyone, from near and far to beautiful autumnal Perthshire once again.”
Perthshire Amber Highlights:
- Dougie MacLean with Friends - Moishe's Bagel, Jimmie MacGregor, Phil Cunningham, Kris Drever, John McCusker, Heidi Talbot on Saturday 5 November at Perth Concert Hall.
- Dougie MacLean OBE & Archie Fisher MBE….The Legends Concert at Blair Castle on Monday 31 October.
- The Cathedral Concert with the Jenna Reid Trio and Dougie MacLean with Greg Lawson & Pete Garnett in Dunkeld Cathedral on Thursday 3 November.
- Dougie MacLean with Strings and Choirs - Dougie's classic songs plus a performance of the wonderful instrumental composition "Perthshire Amber" featuring String InChorus and Lothian and Borders Police Choir at Perth Concert Hall on Friday 4 November.
Tickets
Book tickets for this year’s Perthshire Amber – The Dougie MacLean Festival online or on the ticket hotline on 01350 724 28.
STORYTELLING
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival
21st - 30th October 2011
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is Scotland's vibrant and enduring annual celebration of traditional and contemporary storytelling. The Festival brings together artists and audiences from Scotland and beyond in entertaining and inspiring live storytelling performances, thought-provoking talks, workshops and discussions and fun family activities.
THEATRE
ANA
Born before history - before even the gods - in the house of stars, ANA is a strange and wondrous being. She is a delight and a terror. An abomination, a deity, a freak and the star of our carnival show. ANA is not bound by the same laws that govern the lives of us mere mortals.
When this creature is caught in the mouth of inescapable decision she deceives fate by splitting into a new self, multiplying at every crossroad, escaping her own terror to survive, to be free. But the selves she leaves behind still exist and go on living to this day. Now, completely overcome and bewildered by her many incarnations, ANA must face her selves to reconcile her countless existences ..................
- Start date1 Mar 2012
- End date10 Mar 2012
- TicketsTues – Thurs £15/ £11/ £6, Fri & Sat £17/ £13. Preview Thurs 1 March £11/ £6. 7.30pm
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