Margaret Tait

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
6.2

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

A film interpretation of the poem ‘The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait speaks the poem ...
Rose Street
6.7

Rose Street

Jan. 01, 1956

Rose Street

The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh’s Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.
A Portrait of Ga
6.3

A Portrait of Ga

Jan. 01, 1952

A Portrait of Ga

Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider question of how much the camera can reveal of the person.
Blue Black Permanent
6.4

Blue Black Permanent

Jan. 01, 1992

Blue Black Permanent

In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.
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