UNITED KINGDOM · 1937

The Edge of the World

Michael Powell
island isolation cultural displacement resistance to change traditional way of life evacuation and relocation
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Synopsis

A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.

Year1937
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorMichael Powell
The Edge of the World poster

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