HS2 & Government infrastructure projects tear through communities and woodland while three women's stories in opposition unfold.

This intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary follows three women from different walks of life dedicated to fighting against the injustices they see and feel as the project tears through homes and ancient woodlands. Through their personal journeys, we explore the relationship and meaning of community, nature and home. This is their story, the story of oppression, defiance, joy and unity.

Rosie:

Rosie was drawn to Crackley Woods Protection camp in the summer, finding an outlet for the frustration and anger she felt around the destruction of Britain’s remaining wild spaces. She finds community, empowerment and purpose stepping out of line for the first time in her life, expressing her resistance to the project, with dance. Returning to her home-town, we see that Rosie’s taste of activism against the environmental injustices of HS2 opened her eyes to her passion of fighting for the causes she believes in.

Indra:

Indra has been at the centre of the UK environmental direct action movement her entire life. Having been a key figure in the Newbury Bypass event that became a nationwide media event in the 90s. A veteran eco-activist, she divides her time between camp management and leading at the front line of the next action to defend the woodlands. Raised by an activist mother, Indra is joined at the camp by her own, now adult, daughter. Her seemingly radical life is explained by the desire to fight for a fair, sustainable world she believes her daughter is owed.

Vikkie:

Vikie Shanks has a decade of reluctant activism behind her, trying to defend her family home’s destruction from the HS2 project. A widowed mother of 7, she allowed the activists to build a camp on her lawn after the HS2 project took possession of over half her land for the new rail-line. Ancient oaks and family memories have already been ripped out, and Vikie’s story is just one of many up and down the line – one of deceit, misinformation, lack of privacy, and a lack of compensation.

We are looking for £3,500 to produce a rough cut of our documentary which we will then use to find sponsorship to get it fully produced. So any donations over our target would still be extremely useful.

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