Kilmarnock pupils film views of Scotland

Jul 25 2008 by Clair Fullarton, Kilmarnock Standard

KILMARNOCK kids are playing their part in a new film about Scotland with Scottish stars the Proclaimers, Carol Smillie, actress Blythe Duff and broadcaster Kaye Adams.

Pupils of Loanhead Primary and Kilmarnock Academy speak in the entertaining short film, as well as teachers Gus Kerr (Kilmarnock Academy), John Kellie (Loudoun Academy) and the council’s cultural co-ordinator Elaine Scott.

Also featured are local heroes, author William McIlvanney, cartoonist Malky McCormick, actress Gwyneth Guthrie and artist Eoghann MacColl.

One Nation, Five Million Voices was produced by National Museums Scotland to explore a changing nation through the lives of ordinary and extraordinary Scots. The Ayrshire section was filmed in Kilmarnock Academy.

The uplifting and humorous film presents a cross-section of people giving their personal views on what it means to be Scottish, or to live and work in Scotland.

It features a collection of pupils, families, students and adults from all across the nation and from all walks of life, as well as many Scottish celebrities, musicians and actors.

This film is on show in the newly-opened gallery, Scotland: A Changing Nation at National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

It can also be viewed online, by logging on to www.nms.ac.uk/one_nation_five_million_voices_on_site_screen.aspx or visiting the One Nation, Five Million voices page at Google Video.