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Blackbird

2013 · 90 min

A quiet, wistful lament for fading traditions, carried by folk song and the ache of a community slipping away.

Directed by: Jamie Chambers
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack, Patrick Wallace

Tagline: Between a glorious tradition and an empty future.
Overview: Young ballad singer Ruadhan watches in distress as the traditional fabric of life in his small Scottish village is inexorably eroded. With fish dying and no jobs on land, the young people are escaping to the cities. Meanwhile, the old people of the town, to whom Ruadhan feels closest and whose traditions he wants to preserve, are dying off.

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Directed by: Jamie Chambers
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack, Patrick Wallace

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
aging
memory
identity
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jamie Chambers
Written by: Jamie Chambers, Robyn Pete, John Craine
Starring: Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack, Patrick Wallace, Sheila Stewart, Norman Maclean, Margaret Bennett
Music: Duncan Strachan, Jamie Chambers
Cinematography: John Craine
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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