Glimpses from a visit to Orkney in summer

Between portrait and landscape, a beautiful tribute to the Scottish filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait (1918-1999). Author of exceptional poetic documentaries and one of the 20th century's most avant-garde filmmakers, Tait made nearly thirty short films and the first feature film directed by a Scottish woman, all self-financed. Ignored by the industry, Tait would earn posthumous recognition by the most prestigious film institutions in recognition of her unique way of constructing the poetic documentary. Aurand visits Tait and, in her usual form of a diary, portrays her esteemed filmmaker through the expressive movements of her camera: roses in bloom, farm animals, Orkney landscapes and Tait herself drinking tea. Saturated colors blend with the physical and natural world. Observation and the act of creation. (CG)