April 20th FILM PROGRAM at the Dairy Arts Center
THE HERMIT OF TREIG Time: 4:00 PM
(Boedecker Cinema)
4:00 PM: THE HERMIT OF TREIG
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Playing at the Dairy Arts Centre (Boedecker Cinema) — $15
A meticulous diarist and avid photographer, Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands, living alone in a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as ‘the lonely loch’. He has no electricity or running water. He lives off the land, fishing for his supper, chopping wood, and even brewing his own tipple. Filmed over 10 years, director Lizzie Mackenzie poetically captures Ken’s profound, spiritual relationship with the wilderness: “If you love the land, it loves you back”. Now in his 70s, Ken reflects upon the reasons he turned his back on society, the vulnerability of old age and the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature in this humorous, transcendent and life affirming feature documentary
Year: 2024
Filmmaker: Lizzie Mackenzie
Runtime: 79 minutes