Dartmoor Calling + intro and Q&A

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Dartmoor Calling + intro and Q&A

Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th February

Dir. Charlotte Bill, UK, 2024, 43 mins.

Dartmoor Calling tells the story of the people who saved Dartmoor from development from the 1950s – 1980s led by Sylvia Sayer. We go on to meet today’s activists who struggle for land access rights, and the activists and farmers restoring nature on Dartmoor.

Made in collaboration with The Stars are for Everyone, Dartmoor Preservation Association, the Lost Giants and Right to Roam. Supported by players of the National Lottery.

Both screenings will have an introduction and short Q&A by representatives of the charities in the film.

A percentage of profits from ticket sales will be donated to Stars are for Everyone, DPA and Right to Roam.

Speakers: Helen Bruce, Lisa Schneidau and Tony Whitehead on the 13th, Lewis Winks and Tony Whitehead on the 15th

Helen Bruce - Communications Officer at Dartmoor Preservation Association

Lewis Winks - The Stars Are For Everyone and Right to Roam - The Stars Are For Everyone is a grassroots campaign set up to defend the right to wild camp on Dartmoor after the landowner Alexander Darwall took the National Park Authority to court to challenge the bylaws which gives the public a right to sleep under the stars there. As well as defending the right to wild camp on Dartmoor, The Stars Are For Everyone are also campaigning for this right to be extended elsewhere across England and Wales. In 2023, along with Right to Roam, they organised the biggest land rights protest in England since the 1930s, helping to push access rights to the top of the political agenda.

Right to Roam have been campaigning for four years to extend the right of responsible access to the countryside beyond the 8% which currently exists in England. Over the past four years they have organised mass trespasses, produced detailed policy briefings, built a strong network of local groups and worked closely with other organisations to raise rights of access in the public and political agenda. They consist of a small team, funded by small-scale frequent supporter donations, and powered by volunteers.

Lisa Schneidau - I’m a storyteller and environmentalist based on Dartmoor. I have worked for wildlife charities for most of my career, and I am now a professional storyteller, working with creative storytelling as a way of enabling better connection with nature and landscape. I’m the author of four books: English Folk Tales of Coast and Sea, River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland, Woodland Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland and Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (all History Press). I’m a board member of Dartmoor Nature Alliance, and the chair of People Need Nature. www.lisaschneidau.co.uk
www.lisaschneidau.co.uk

Dates & Times

 Thursday 13th Feb  8:30pm Intro + Q&A
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 Saturday 15th Feb  6:00pm Intro + Q&A
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