Wars & Conflict · The Borderlands
Fear of Scots: A Borderlands Short
A quick, playful Mark Nicol Short built around the old fear and fascination of the Anglo-Scottish frontier.
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Privacy & cookiesThe phrase Fear of Scots sounds as if it belongs to a warning shouted from a castle wall. Mark uses it as the hook for a short, playful piece of Borderlands film-making.
The historical frontier was never one unchanging story of two peoples facing each other. It was a place of conflict, trade, kinship and movement. The Short is a quick invitation to look beyond the familiar image of a border that existed only to keep people apart.
A frontier with more than one story
For a longer journey through the shifting boundary, read how the Anglo-Scottish border took shape and watch Berwick's changing allegiances.
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