The Wake of Calum MacLeod
(North Carolina Premiere Showing)
Showtime: Friday, noon - 2 p.m. • Fine Arts Theater - Lower
Calum MacLeòid is a storyteller without an audience, for his children moved from Cape Breton long ago. One lonely night, Calum confronts the Baron of the Wind in a storm, demands that his children be returned and promptly falls dead. From distant points, the MacLeòids assemble to attend Calum’s wake, but the deceased Calum has a surprise ending in store for them yet. Shot in the highlands of Cape Breton, the film is a historic venture into one of the world’s most renowned oral storytelling cultures.
Director: Marc Almon
Producers: Nona MacDermid, Rick Warden
Writer: Marc Almon
Editor: Shawn Beckwith
Cinematographer: Tarek Abouamin
Cast: Angus MacLeod
Trailer available here.