Shooting of a film telling the story of the 1926 miners’ strike has started and will continue for several weeks.
The Happy Lands is being produced by Theatre Workshop Scotland and celebrates Fife’s mining history, with present inhabitants of the region’s ex-coalfield communities involved in the film.
The production has been in development for some time and hundreds of Fifers have worked with the Theatre Workshop Scotland team to develop the script, sets, costumes and performances.
Support for the project is growing, with writer Val McDermid among the high-profile donators to the initiative.
The start of filming is another major milestone. Filming began at a closed set at Burntisland Parish Church on July 16, but various locations have been lined up between now and August 21.
Indeed, a whole street of miners raws which will be custom built by the project’s arts department will be installed at Lochore Meadows Country Park just one of many sets that aim to make the film true to what life was really like during the mid-1920s in Fife.
The film is a not-for-profit venture and is being made on a comparatively low budget, and organisers are still raising funds to ensure the final product is something Fife and Scotland can be proud of.
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