The Quay

In a bit of a diversion from the norm, I thought I'd take the opportunity to promote an excellent film called The Quay, produced and directed by a pal of mine, Richard Fleury.

The film chronicles the final year of Thames barge building at Standard Quay in Faversham, Kent, before the site owners began developing the land into housing and restaurants. Charting the tireless campaigning of the various shipwrights, craftsmen and local people trying to preserve the site's centuries-old heritage, it's a superb, and very moving film. 

Essentially, you find yourself witnessing the sad demise of tradition in the face of insensitive modernisation and what some ignorantly consider to be 'progress'. 

The film has been selected for screening at two leading film festivals: Rushes Soho Shorts and Sheffield Doc/Fest‘s Videotheque. Watch the trailer below and visit this site for more info: http://www.thequayfilm.net/

The Quay Official Trailer from Richard Fleury on Vimeo.