The Shepherds of Berneray

The Shepherds of Berneray

1981
55m
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Overview

In 1980, Jack Shae and Allen Moore, two ethnographic filmmakers from Harvard University, moved their families to the island of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides. Over the course of 18 months they documented the everyday lives and struggles of the crofters they lived among, whom were even then a vanishing breed. The film is in English and Gaelic. This carefully observed documentary by filmmakers Jack Shae and Allen Moore is a poetic ethnographic film in the style of their mentor, Robert Gardner (“Dead Birds”). It follows the rhythm of life on a wind-swept island in the Outer Hebrides through the four seasons and in the filmmakers’ observation of the day-to-day struggles of a vanishing society we see the deep-time legacy of their kind. The film is in English and Gaelic.

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Language: GD

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Production Information

Production Companies
The Scottish Arts Council The Highlands and Islands, Development Board of Scotland The Film Study Center, Harvard University
Production Countries
United Kingdom United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Gaelic

Keywords

shepherd scotland agriculture rural depopulation

Quick Facts

Original Title Cìobairean Bhearnaraidh
Release Date October 28, 1981
Status Released
Language GD
IMDb ID tt0289447

Cast

Key Crew

Allen Moore
Director
Jack Shea
Director
Robert Gardner
Executive Producer