Rave On for the Avon
©Charlotte Sawyer
Synopsis
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, light-hearted yet fascinating tapestry, probing how activism starts from the grassroots, and carries a profound universal lesson for all of us. There’s a wedding, drum’n’bass, an inflatable turd, and a whole lot of cheesecake in this poignant reflection on people’s innovative battles for the natural world they cherish.
https://www.eightysita.com/raveonfortheavondocumentary
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 86 min
- Director
- Charlotte Sawyer 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sonia Wargacka
- Co-Producer
- Aggie Nyagari-Salt
- Executive Producer
- Mel Rodrigues
- Director of Photography
- Charlotte Sawyer
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th July 2024
