This documentary focused on the work of the Polish theater company Goat Theater, who devised an entertainment, largely sung in Scots Gaelic, about the relationship of humanity to the natural environment.
The singers did not necessarily understand the exact importance of what they were performing - none of them were native Gaelic speakers - but the tone and harmonies of the music mattered even more. The traditional airs had the power to extend beyond the stage into the audience, drawing them into the theatrical event and helping them to understand the power of theater to transform, to communicate across languages and cultures, drawing everyone into the ritual that was almost religious in effect.
The singers did not necessarily understand the exact importance of what they were performing - none of them were native Gaelic speakers - but the tone and harmonies of the music mattered even more. The traditional airs had the power to extend beyond the stage into the audience, drawing them into the theatrical event and helping them to understand the power of theater to transform, to communicate across languages and cultures, drawing everyone into the ritual that was almost religious in effect.
