- A road movie about Scots in Canada. "Flight" traces the culture they perpetuate and through a series of portraits, follows how emigrants express their identity often generations after their families have moved there.
- Some keep their roots alive through Clan Societies, others through Loch Ness Monster dolls which play Scotland the Brave or Scottish pubs where they play football pools faxed from home and feel like they've never left. One descendant of the Ross Clan has never been to Scotland but lives in a mini Dunvegan Castle near Halifax, Novia Scotia. In Cape Breton, a very different Scotland exists. Road signs echo back to the Highlands where emigrants first came from 200 years ago. Some still speak Gaelic, remembering stories and songs that are generations old. More and more Scots now travel over to Canada to learn about the lost part of Scotland that still exists in Cape Breton. Eighty two year old step-dancer, Willie Fraser passes on the same steps to his grandchildren which have been in his family since they first came from Scotland. This form of dancing has now disappeared from the Old Country, but as less and less young people speak Gaelic in Canada, how will the culture based on it survive?
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By what name was Flight: Searching for Scotland (1997) officially released in Canada in English?
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