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Through organised ‘mass trespass’ events, the Right to Roam movement sets out to increase public access to nature, but finds itself in conflict with England’s aristocratic landowners.
With around 90% of England’s National Parks under private ownership, the Right to Roam movement exists to redefine access to nature, campaigning for public access to private land and reconfiguring attitudes towards the natural world. But the country’s aristocratic landowners have other ideas, many seeing themselves as stewards of nature, encumbered with fears ranging from environmental conservation to the decline of pheasant shooting. Orban Wallace pulls together these two disparate worlds into a sharply observed film, charting a path from the 1773 Inclosure Act to the present day, and along the way interviewing landowners, activists and ecologists about their differing relationships with their environment, and their hopes for its future.
Contains themes of racism and colonialism, including racist and xenophobic remarks
With around 90% of England’s National Parks under private ownership, the Right to Roam movement exists to redefine access to nature, campaigning for public access to private land and reconfiguring attitudes towards the natural world. But the country’s aristocratic landowners have other ideas, many seeing themselves as stewards of nature, encumbered with fears ranging from environmental conservation to the decline of pheasant shooting. Orban Wallace pulls together these two disparate worlds into a sharply observed film, charting a path from the 1773 Inclosure Act to the present day, and along the way interviewing landowners, activists and ecologists about their differing relationships with their environment, and their hopes for its future.
Contains themes of racism and colonialism, including racist and xenophobic remarks
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Premiere statusWorld premiere
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Director(s)Orban Wallace
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Country(s)United Kingdom
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Year2025
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Duration89 mins
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Producer(s)Rebecca Wolff / Grasp The Nettle, Charlie Phillips / I am Charlie Ltd, Orban Wallace / Gallivant Film, Leo Smith / Gallivant Film
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CinematographyJamie Wolfeld
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EditingXanna Ward Dixon
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SoundLeo Smith
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Language(s)English
