FILM. PHOTOGRAPHY. DRONE.
Earlier this year we had the amazing opportunity to travel to the Hudson River Valley with environmental NGO ‘Ninth Wave Global’ to embark on a week-long voyage down the Hudson River on open canoe. Between paddling and wild-camping we visited various individuals and organisations that have a strong connection to this iconic waterway and have played an important role in the conservation and regeneration work that has brought the river ‘back to life’ over the past 50 years.
We documented these personal stories and perspectives as we travelled to culminate in the short documentary, ‘THE RIVER THAT FLOWS TWO WAYS’. The film premiered at the Equinox Mountain Film Festival in Manchester, Vermont just 2 days after we ended our canoe journey in Beacon, NY.
The film festival was a small, grass-roots gathering of filmmakers and storytellers, all with an environmental focus to their work. We stayed for a sunny weekend in a beautiful ranch house and had the chance to share our ideas and experiences with many like-minded creatives.
Upon our arrival, just 2 days before the film festival began, we immediately set up our mobile editing suite and got to work. Somehow between the 2 of us editing side by side and very little sleep we managed to get the film completed in time and screened on the Saturday evening as the feature presentation.
We also had the privilege of being asked to be judges at the film festival and held afternoon workshops speaking from our own experiences as travel and documentary filmmakers.