Green Screen: Rave On For The Avon + Panel with director Charlotte Sawyer
12A 116 mins
12A 116 mins
We are launching this year’s Chester Green Weekend with a GREEN SCREEN of Rave on for the Avon at Chester Picturehouse followed by a live local panel discussion. Chester is aiming for Bathing Water status, and this film beautifully, joyfully and sadly conveys the problems facing our rivers and the incredible people willing to go to extraordinary lengths for them. Join us on the 5th June as we launch CGW 25 – meet the team in the bar area from 5.30pm.
Chester Green Weekend is on the 7th and 8th June in the centre of Chester see for more information - About Chester Green Weekend.
When the water company and local authorities fail the community, the wild swimmers of Bristol fight back through activism, swimming like a mermaid and getting married.
Do humans have the right to nature? In this tender film, director Charlotte Sawyer tells a story of a community of wild swimmers in Bristol (UK) affected by raw sewage pollution of the river Avon. England is one of the only two countries in the world to have a fully privatised water and sewage disposal system, and with only 14% of English rivers in good ecological health, the mission to keep the rivers clean is not going well. In a series of moving, exciting and thought-provoking scenes, the swimmers create a stunning tapestry of light-hearted yet fascinating probe into how activism starts from the grassroots, and carries a profound universal lesson for all of us. There’s a wedding, drum’n’base, an inflatable turd, and a whole lot of cheesecake in this poignant reflection on innovative people’s fight for the natural world they cherish.
Directed, shot and produced by women from the UK, Kenya, Poland.
This screening will be following by a panel discussion with dir. Charlotte Sawyer plus guests TBC.
Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss environmentally-focused cinema, with expert panels and friendly post-screening discussions. Everyone is welcome to 'continue the conversation' after the film in your cinema's meeting space where you can enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!