When the Song Dies
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Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 14 mins 32 secs
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Jamie Chambers
- Producer
- James Barrett
- Co-Producer
- Transgressive North / Deerstalker Films
- Editor
- Martin McEwan
- Director of Photography
- John Craine
- Sound
- Tom Hatcher, Anisha Fields
- Principal cast
- Norman Maclean, Sheila Stewart, Margaret Bennett, Ernie McGuire, Liz McAdam Laughland, Mary McCormack
- 1st Assistant Director
- Robyn Pete
- Sound Mixer
- Jim Hoyland
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Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Deerstalker Films
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