Friends of the Library | Voices over the Water
January 31 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Filmmakers Guy Perrotta and Jane Ferguson will screen their new documentary, Voices Over the Water, at Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, on Friday, January 31 at 7 p.m.
The documentary looks at the struggles and triumphs of Scottish immigrants to the U.S. Karen Allen, best known for her roles in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starman, and other feature films, narrates the documentary. Also featured are 2023 EMMY® Award-nominated actor Brian Cox and music by the GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet-musician Rhiannon Giddens, and EMMY® Award winner Charles David Denler.
Producer Jane Ferguson says, “A goal of ours as filmmakers was to shed light on some of the unusual and tragic reasons why so many people left Scotland for places such as North Carolina.”
The documentary includes images from the North Carolina State Archives, as well as footage from the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, and an exploration of Scottish Highland history at Mill Prong, a plantation in Robeson County, NC that was founded by Scottish Highlanders. Interviews include those with Highland descendants as well as renowned Gaelic scholar, Michael Newton, formerly of UNC Chapel Hill. A one-hour preview of the documentary airs on PBS stations across the country, distributed by American Public Television.