A film made by local volunteers CURB (Clean up River Brent) has been entered for the Smiley Charity Film Awards (The Smileys). The awards support over 5,000 charities and engage over 1 million individuals through voting. The films spread the message, gets more volunteers involved and help to fund raise.
The playful factual film highlights pollution on the River Brent is set to Schubert's "Trout Quintet". A homegrown project assembled from footage taken by volunteers on the Brent.
Ben Morris, Director of CURB, said:
Follow this link to vote for 'The River Remembers (What We Forget)' LINKI was out with my dog in the Pitshanger Park in October 2021 when I noticed the Brent had turned a foul-smelling grey. A blocked sewer had overflowed filling the river with human waste and detergent. I was inspired to found Clean up the River Brent (CURB) and with many volunteers we have since removed over 100 tonnes of rubbish, planted 1000s of plants, and campaigned to prevent further pollution of the river.
When (producer) Jon Rowe came to me asking if I had any film concepts to highlight the abuse of the river and create a clarion call for change, I knew I had the bones of an idea for a queasy yet playful short film to be made out of the thousands of photos and videos we had taken of the Brent over the years, showing both its beauty and its horror. So with the help of the very talented (director) Lisa Robson we put together what we hope can be both a warning shot about the state of our rivers and a call to arms to demand and embody change in our communities.
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