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

★★★★
“A timely argument for creativity”
THE INDIEPENDENT

★★★★
“Truthful and multilayered…Enlightening and imaginative”
THE MORNING STAR

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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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From Friday 19th September

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

 

From Friday 26th September

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

 

From Friday 3rd October

Falmouth – The Poly  | Wednesday 8th & Sunday 11th October

 

From Friday 10th 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
+ Q&A with Fiona Cunningham-Reid

 

From Friday 17th October

Kendal – Brewery Arts Centre  |  From Friday 17th October

 

From Friday 24th October

Great Torrington – The Plough Arts Centre  |  Friday 24th 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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