Film · Drama, Comedy, Documentary, History, TV Movie, Music

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)

In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.

Director

John Mackenzie

Writers

John McGrath, Ann Scott

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Release date

June 6, 1974