Synopsis
Scotland's history is romanticized for centuries of bloody feuds, warfare and forced displacement. In the glens today there is unfinished business, fueled by modern agendas; well-meaning rewilders, urban land reformers and distant corporates plundering carbon markets. Reminiscent of the Highland Clearances of the past, indigenous communities are increasingly an inconvenience for the urban political class and their vision of progress. The targets are farmers, gamekeepers, ghillies, and deer stalkers whose families have been working the land, in some cases, for centuries. The land provides jobs and wages which they use to buy food and pay bills; keep families living in small communities filling local schools with children; and providing active wildlife and habitat management. It's a war for control, a class warfare where traditional wildlife conservation may become as much a victim as the fragile rural communities themselves. The Highland Clearance was a thing of the past but is cultural genocide a part of the future? The answer is echoing through the Glen.
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Director
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Thomas Opre
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Distributor
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Shepherds of Wildlife Society
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Production Co
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Firesteel Films
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Genre
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Documentary,
History
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Original Language
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English
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Release Date (Streaming)
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Jun 29, 2024
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Runtime
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1h 30m
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