Life of the hebridean guga hunters revealed in new tv show. The hebridean guga hunt is ancient and sustainable, not. A 1959 film showed the men of ness on lewis on their annual expedition to cull the gannets, or guga. The film transports you to a far away place, allows you to peer into the lives and. Ness is the last place in the uk where young gannets, known in gaelic as guga, are hunted for their meat. The hunting of sea birds was outlawed in 1954 in the uk, but the community of ness on the. Director mike day takes us behind the lens of his debut film, the guga hunters of ness, an extraordinary account of an ancient. Documentary looking at a disappearing hebridean tradition the annual gannet hunt on sula sgeir, a desolate. The guga hunters of ness, the critically acclaimed documentary as seen on bbc. The guga hunters of ness the documentary posts facebook. Sula sgeir is a small, uninhabited scottish island in the north atlantic, 18 kilometres 11 miles west of rona.
Watch the guga hunters of ness online vimeo on demand. The incredible story behind the publication of the awardwinning peter may thriller, the blackhouse. Sula sgeir is a small, uninhabited scottish island in the north atlantic, 18 kilometres 11 miles. Written by the lewis poet, donald s murray, the guga hunters is an intimate portrayal of a select group of fishermen who, fed up with defending the hunt, have long stopped talking to journalists. In 2012, critical heights released the dead rat orchestras soundtrack to mike days the guga hunters of ness. Add to my films hire, buy or ask a question email a friend. The guga hunters of ness bbc2 scotland american idol itv2.
Time team history hunters 1998 9 e05 scottish border and related ballads liddesda. All i can think of this that scene from indiana jones and the last crusade where indy walks through the. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they journey through storms to hunt gannets, a prized delicacy in ness. A new documentary will shed light on the controversial guga hunters of the hebrides who kill 2,000 young seabirds every summer on a remote atlantic outcrop in an annual ritual that was first. There was a time when seabirds were actually a well desired food at the dinner table. The guga hunters of ness 2011 cinematographer the islands and the whales 2016. One of the most remote islands of the british isles, it lies more than forty miles sixty kilometres north of lewis and is best known for its population of gannets a ruined stone bothy called taigh beannaichte blessed house can be found on the east headland sgeir an teampaill. The film was commissioned by bbc scotland and follows the men of ness as they take part in the annual gannet hunt on the small, uninhabited island of sula sgeir. The guga hunters of ness is a wonderful documentary about stouthearted men, and it is made by a stouthearted filmmaker. Cormorants, gulls, shags, fulmars and indeed gannets. The population has halved in the last 50 years, as the young. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The guga hunters are representatives of a community that has remained deeply imbrued with sea and land, one that has, until the last generation or so, clung to the rock of its christian faith or.
In 2009 director mike day sailed with the guga hunters to sula sgeir and filmed on the island over a 10day period. The hebridean guga hunt is ancient and sustainable, not a crime. Documentary looking at a disappearing hebridean tradition the annual gannet hunt on sula sgeir, a desolate island. The film gives rare access to the guga hunters who read from the bible twice a day, sleep top to tail and hold a barbeque of guga, dipped in madras powder, and whisky on their last night. The hunters come across as utterly grounded and real, yet sula sgeir seems to give them a license to dream. Dead rat orchestra the guga hunters of ness discogs. Full record for guga hunters 2496 moving image archive. The guga hunters of ness, an album by dead rat orchestra. Ten men from the isle of lewis in scotland set sail for sula sgeir, a desolate island in the atlantic ocean. Watch the guga hunters of ness online vimeo on demand on. Every year, ten men from ness, at the northern tip of the isle of lewis, sail northeast for some forty miles to a remote rock called sulasgeir.
The world of ness has changed dramatically since this previous film of the guga hunt in 1959. Guga hunters ness isle of lewis western isles outer hebrides sea birds have been eaten for centuries in fact since our ancestors lived in caves. The annual hunt for guga, or young gannets, by the men of ness on the isle of lewis, has. The guga hunters of ness alexander street, a proquest company. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The resulting film was commissioned by bbc scotland and broadcast in. This covers 36 hours of the 3 weeks of filming at sea. A colleague joked that i couldnt have proposed a riskier film without heading into a warzone. The award winning film by mike day and presented by intrepid cinema the award winning. Dead rat orchestra the guga hunters of ness 2012, vinyl. The flesh of the young gannet or guga is regarded as a delicacy in ness today. The film transports you to a far away place, allows you to peer into the lives and traditions of the people who live there, and actually shows you the world around them through their eyes. Released in july 2012 on critical heights catalog no.