Where You're Meant to Be
First screened in October 2016
Director: Paul Fegan. Documentary about tense relationship between a traditional singer of Scottish ballads and a comic re-interpreter of the same songs. Featuring Aidan Moffat, Sheila Stewart.

Twitter Capsule: Intended tribute to The Old Ways comes through in flashes but decks feel stacked, the direction too smug.

VOR:   The singing will rouse some folks and serves its own preservationist function. But the filmmaking and the ideas feel a little basic.



Photo © Better Days

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Awards:
Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Hugo (runner-up for Best Documentary)

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