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Second Sight

Directed by Alison McAlpine
Canada / United Kingdom, 2008 (documentary, 51 minutes, colour, English / Scottish Gaelic)

Film Description:
"Imagine a cinematic nonfiction ghost story, a mystery and an evocative personal tale. Handsome and gallant, with a ready smile, eighty-year-old Donald Angus MacLean invites us to discover the truth about ghosts on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. A man of the church and a lover of women, he takes us on a journey full of spectres, ghost cars, premonitions and the 'second sight'. The film is also a personal story of his daily rituals and his poetic musings on life and death which reveal his love for his late wife, Nina. Rich in humour, Second Sight features the last generation of a Scottish Gaelic oral tradition who grew up without TV and electricity, extraordinary characters who are no longer with us. Haunting landscapes and soundscapes as pure as nature reveal a magic, real isle full of spine-tingling ghost stories and unforgettable islanders."
-- Second Sight Pictures (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Alison McAlpine, Peter Wintonick, John Walker
Participants: Don Angie MacLean, Lachlan MacIntosh, Lachlan Gillies, Iain Morrison, Iain Anderson
Cinematography: John Walker, Kim Derko, Alison McAlpine
Film Editing: Alison McAlpine
Music: John Gzowski
Production Company: Second Sight Pictures Inc.
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