We’ve been getting more and more trailers through for documentaries of late. This time, it’s The Art of Activism. This reminded me of one time when I was in London. I was there when Extinction Rebellion was having a protest. I just needed to get to a job. I still think they were protesting against and inconveniencing the wrong people.
The documentary, The Art of Activism, goes into much more depth about the artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey. It has the tagline:
When does practice become protest? Or protest, poetry?
This next section is from the press release. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fiona Cunningham-Reid presents an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art, activism, biology, and ecology.
Uncompromisingly preoccupied with the climate and ecological crisis, Ackroyd & Harvey’s work has become a rallying cry for the environmental movement, winning them international acclaim and a global following.
With some of their pieces standing in prestigious galleries and others embedded in nature, their work not only references the natural world but also regularly employs it.
The film offers singular access into the lives, work, and partnership of the artists, and their quest to shake humanity into action on climate catastrophe – whatever the personal cost – including their collaboration with Extinction Rebellion, and co-founding the movement Culture Declares Emergency.
Meticulous and thoughtful, this careful study of a lifelong creative partnership asks questions of where art and hope – and love – stand in our very uncertain world.
The Art of Activism will be in selected cinemas on the 19th of September.
Now, over to you, lovely Outposters, as I look forward to the Disqus. #giggle
