Nort Atlantik Drift: A Portrait of Robert Alan Jamieson
A film about Shetlandic poet, Robert Alan Jamieson. Using his collection of poems 'Nort Atlantik Drift' as a point of departure, the film tells an engaging story of a changing Shetland told through a contemporary lens. Robert Alan Jamieson grew up in the crofting community of Sandness. He described the poems as originally intended, 'for my three sons. A record of who their father might be and what he once thought he might be. But as with life, the narrative developed in ways I didn't foresee.'
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Released
- 2014
Details
Release year: 2014
Storyline
A film about Shetlandic poet, Robert Alan Jamieson. Using his collection of poems 'Nort Atlantik Drift' as a point of departure, the film tells an engaging story of a changing Shetland told through a contemporary lens. Robert Alan Jamieson grew up in the crofting community of Sandness. He described the poems as originally intended, 'for my three sons. A record of who their father might be and what he once thought he might be. But as with life, the narrative developed in ways I didn't foresee.'