directed by: Peter Watkins, year: 1964
actors: Cast of non-professional actors

Culloden is a 1964 documentary by Peter Watkins that re-creates the 1746 Battle of Culloden using a pseudo-newsreel style. Filmed with portable 16mm cameras on location at Culloden Moor, it presents soldiers, civilians and survivors through dialogue fragments, crowd noise and minimal narration, to critique how history is produced and remembered. Stripping away cinematic romance, it exposes propaganda, ritual and the human brutality of conflict, marking a landmark in political documentary.

Scottish History, Documentary, Historical Documentary, Mockumentary, War History, British Cinema