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Our Fathers (2020)

Duration: 30:07    Category: Mid, Opportunities   Opportunity: Right Here

Due to a shortage of priests in the Scottish Highlands, Father Maximilian and Father James have been sent on a mission by the Bishop of Aba, Nigeria. Will their humour and Igbo songs keep these remote communities alive?

Our Fathers will be broadcast on BBC Scotland on Thursday 18th June, 2020 at 8.30pm. Visit the BBC iPlayer page.

Watch a Q&A with filmmakers Zoe Hunter Gordon and Kieran Hennigan in which they discuss the making of Our Fathers.

This film was made as part of the Right Here scheme in collaboration with BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland 

Screening Formats: DCP

To arrange a screening please contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

DIRECTORS: Kieran Hennigan, Zoe Hunter Gordon
PRODUCER: Noe Mendelle

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