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A Scottish Soldier: A Lost Diary of WW1

2018 · 29 min

A quiet, reflective documentary that traces a forgotten life through diary and testimony, carrying the weight of history with restraint.

Directed by
Clara Glynn
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jackie Kay, Paul Adeyefa
Overview
Thousands of black soldiers fought in the First World War. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of one of them - Arthur Roberts. Arthur grew up in Glasgow and joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1917.

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Directed by
Clara Glynn
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jackie Kay, Paul Adeyefa
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    Themes
    • race
    • war
    • identity
    • memory
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    • military
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Clara Glynn
    Starring
    Jackie Kay, Paul Adeyefa
    Runtime
    29 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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