Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art Of Activism

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

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“A timely argument for creativity”
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When does practice become protest? Or protest, poetry?

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.

Released in the UK from Friday 19th September

  • Director: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
  • Country: UK
  • Year: 2024
  • Duration: 77 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Production company: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
  • Cert: 12A

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November

Colchester – Firstsite  |  From Friday 7th November

London – Goethe Institute  |   Friday 14th November

Bath – The Little Theatre Cinema  | Tuesday 18th November + Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid

Peterborough – Gateway Film Festival  |  Friday 21st November

Bristol – Stokes Croft  |  Monday 24th November

Aberystwyth – Aberystywyth Arts Centre  | Friday 28th November

 

December

Bangor – Pontio  |  Tuesday 9th December

 

January

Portsmouth – Number 6  |  Thursday 15th January

 

 

PAST SCREENINGS

Plymouth – Plymouth Arts Cinema  |  From Friday 19th September Introduced by Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Friday 19th September, 6pm
Birmingham – Mockingbird Cinema  |  From Friday 19th September
Cardiff – Chapter  |  From Friday 19th September
Romford – Lumiere Cinema  |  From Friday 19th September
London – Genesis Cinema  |  Wednesday 24th September, 6.30pm + Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid
Montrose – Montrose Playhouse  |  From Friday 26th September
London – Lexi Cinema  |  Wednesday 1st October + Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Heather Ackroyd and editor Catherine Arend
Birmingham – Mockingbird Cinema  |  Thursday 2nd October
Falmouth – The Poly  | Wednesday 8th & Sunday 11th October
Dorking – Green Room Theatre  |  Friday 10th October+ Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey
Clevedon – Curzon Cinema & Arts  |  Sunday 12th October + recorded intro by Fiona Cunningham-Reid
Kendal – Brewery Arts Centre  |  From Friday 17th October
Marlborough – The Parade Cinema  | Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd October
Penrith – Lonsdale Alhambra Cinema  |  Wednesday 22nd October
Great Torrington – The Plough Arts Centre  |  Friday 24th October
Nottingham – Mammoth Cinema-A Climate Action Cinema  |  Friday 24th October + virtual Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid
St Leonards-on-Sea – Kino-Teatr  |  Saturday 25th October
Stamford – Stamford Arts Centre  |  Saturday 25th October
Canterbury – Gulbenkian Arts Centre | Wednesday 29th October + Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey

 

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“Dips humour and light into even the melancholy moments.  If things must end, how can we make that ending beautiful?”

Alicia Hayden
Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine

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