Fishing heritage film to be screened in FolkWeek
PUBLISHED: 09:27 11 July 2017 | UPDATED: 09:27 11 July 2017
Fisherman Stan Bagwell was filmed for the Sea Fest film Working the Sea
FolkWeek will this year be celebrating the town’s connections with the sea by teaming up with Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub
The hub, organisers of Sidmouth Sea Fest, are working with festival organisers to present the Sidmouth Sea Fest Community Choir and Sidmouth Fishing Heritage Film Working the Sea at the Manor Pavilion on August 7.
Working the Sea tells the story of Sidmouth’s fishing heritage, following one resilient family, the Bagwells, from the war years onwards, through romance and tragedy. As the women in the family pick up the pieces, it also weaves contemporary users of the coast (from the lifeboat to the sailing club) into the narrative.
Ultimately, this is a story of how a mutual love and respect for the sea draws a community together. The film will be screened alongside another fishing heritage film from Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands with a live soundtrack from renowned Scottish fiddler Duncan Chisholm in collaboration with the young Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail team. The show is a perfect collaboration highlighting the connections that exist between coastal communities.
“This stunning film - fascinating and inspiring, funny and humbling - is a powerful reminder how lucky we are on the coast,” say Coco Hodgkinson and Louise Cole, Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub directors.
Fishing heritage film to be screened in FolkWeek - Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald
If you didn't manage to catch it, it's now available on-line to see:
Working The Sea on Vimeo
Working The Sea - YouTube
With more film footage here of Sidmouth from a century ago:
Rare film footage of how fishermen fed the nation during World War One on show in Devon museums | Devon Live
More information here:
Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub CIC – Promoting Fishing Heritage and Coastal Communities
And here:
Futures Forum: Sidmouth Seafest 2017: celebrating a maritime heritage
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