Cameras are rolling for a feature film being shot in Lewis.
The Road Dance is based on a book of the same name by John Mackay, STV’s news anchor in the central belt.
Though raised in Glasgow, Mr Mackay’s parents hail from Carloway, where he spent countless summer holidays.
Set in a crofting district in the early 1900s, the film follows the tragic tale of a young woman, Kirsty Macleod, who like so many of her generation, looks forward to emigrating to America for a better life.
Conflict brews in Europe and men on the island are called up to serve in WW1. On the eve of their leaving, the local youth amass for a farewell danns’ an rathaid - a traditional Highland dancing on the village road.
Everything changes that night. Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.
Much of the action takes place on a closed set operating under physically distancing rules and a heavily reduced production team. Actors and crews are in their own bubbles. A handful of locals will appear as extras.
John Mackay himself will pop up in the road dance scene and his son, Ross, has a part as a bagpiper.
Filming starts on Hebridean drama movie
18 October 2020
Most of the scenes are being filmed at the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village
John Mackay wrote the novel now adapted for the big screen