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Every second Scot wants independence for Scotland.
Will it happen soon?

Nationalism causes bloodshed all over Europe.
Why not in Scotland?

Scotland has now got its first parliament in 300 years.
Why is it not enough?´


	TO BE A NATION AGAIN is a film about the Scottish National Party in the run-up to the first democratic Scottish Parliament Elections ever.

We have followed five candidates of the SNP during the 100 days to the elections on 6 May 1999, finishing with the results.

	From strategy meetings to street canvassing, the promise not to show the film before the elections has given us an insight into the work of the candidates which otherwise would not have been possible.

Trailing the Scottish candidates across their constituencies, we also want to know what the locals think about independence: from fishermen in Shetland to genetic engineers in Midlothian.

Alex Salmond, Sean Connery, Winnie Ewing

We also feature
SNP leader Alex Salmond and
'Madame Ecosse' Winnie Ewing,
president of the party.
Yet their best known member
remains Sean Connery...

Versions

To Be a Nation Again	Director's Cut	English	122 mins
To Be a Nation Again	International Edition	English	88 mins
To Be a Nation Again	International Edition	English with German subtitles	88 mins

Format

Aspect ratio 16:9 FHA

Shot on Digital Betacam, with up to four camera crews during the last days of the campaign
Additional sequences shot on Mini-DV

Edited offline on Avid Media Composer 1000
Edited online on Digital Betacam

Stereo

Crew

Ben Kempas	Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Lara A. Celini	Producer expressive (Scotland) Ltd.
Patrick Skerlec	Producer HFF Munich, Sound	Patrick Skerlec, Eddie Schneidermeier, Ben Kempas Photo: Michaela Janz
Andrea Ferrando Jim Loomis	Unit Directors, Sound Recordists
Eddie Schneidermeier Johannes Kaltenhauser Scott Ward	Unit Cinematographers
Brian English	Additional Camera (Mini-DV)
Lucy Newman Becky Duncan	Sound Recordists
Raimund Barthelmes	Editing Consultant
Evi Stangassinger	Line Producer HFF Munich
Dr. Reiner Moritz Prof. Gerd Ruge	Project Consultants

Production

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Munich,
in cooperation with
expressive film & tv, Munich, and
expressive (Scotland) Ltd., Edinburgh
©1999, 2000

Comments

Marc Glassman, Hotdocs:	Very strong. Sort of a Scottish 'War Room'.
Douglas Fraser, SundayHerald:	A rare glimpse of the Nat-ural world ... Benjamin Kempas, the director, lets his lens linger longer than some might like, giving us some fine moments of comedy.
Your comments?	Tell us what you think.

Links

On this website:	Prologue - Referendum Day 1997
General information:	Scottish Parliament Election results (BBC) BBC site on devolution Results of the referendum
Parties and Campaigns:	Scottish National Party Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats www.freescotland.com
Promotion:	Cheap direct flights from Germany to Edinburgh with Germanwings: Cheap4Ferries is a search engine for ferries from and to the UK:

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