Rum an Milk

An epic new film about a centuries-old tradition.

Join Alchemy Film & Arts for a screening of Rum an Milk, a feature-length portrait of Hawick Common Riding and the town-wide labours that underpin and sustain its ancient customs.

Produced by Alchemy and directed by artist Mark Lyken in collaboration with Hawick communities, Rum an Milk captures the meticulous planning and quietly epic build-up of labour and coordination efforts that each year make the Common Riding possible.

"Committee meetings give way to band rehearsals. School competitions are followed by the cleaning of buildings, statues and flowerbeds. Shop windows are wholesale re-designed; flags are ceremonially inspected; event spaces are refurbished. The borderline forensic rituals of creating bespoke, year-specific souvenirs are filmed with a sense of beguiling spectacle." — Michael Pattison

"A Frederick Wiseman-esque observational study" — Sight and Sound

Early booking advised.