Several films and documentaries have been made about Sorley MacLean, and during his lifetime a large number of recordings were made of the poet reading his own work and discussing various issues. For many people, the voice of Sorley MacLean is synonymous with his poetry: the two are inseparable and his readings lend an unforgettable force to his verse.

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Sorley MacLean talks about the traditions bearers in his family in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)	Sorley MacLean talks about the influence traditional Gaelic song had on him in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)
Sorley MacLean talks about his time at the University of Edinburgh in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)	Sorley MacLean reads his poem ‘Gaoir na h-Eòrpa’ in Timothy Neat’s ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)
Narrator Iain Crichton Smith talks about Sorley MacLean during the years of the Second World War in Tim Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)	Narrator Iain Crichton Smith talks about Sorley MacLean’s marriage to Renee Cameron, his time teaching at Boroughmuir School, and his time as Headmaster of Plockton Secondary School in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)
Sorley MacLean reads ‘Hallaig’ in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)	Sorley MacLean reads ‘Àrd-Mhuseaum na h-Èireann’ in the film ‘Sorley MacLean’s  Island’ (originally produced by Ogam Films, in 1974: footage courtesy of Scottish Screen: copyright Scottish Screen)
Seamus Heaney talks about Sorley MacLean in Timothy Neat’s film ‘Hallaig: the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean’ (originally produced by The Island House Film Workshop Alva, in 1984: footage courtesy of RTE, Ireland: copyright Timothy Neat)	Angus Peter Campbell speaks about the influence of Sorley MacLean in the drama-documentary ‘Somhairle MacGill-Eain’ (produced by Cuillin Films Earranta in 2002: footage courtesy of Cuillin Films Earranta: copyright Cuillin Films Earranta)

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