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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1974Directed by John Mackenzie

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Released: June 6, 1974
Runtime: 1h 30m

About The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Drama
Music
Comedy
History
TV Movie
Documentary

Synopsis

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

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