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Severn Wild

Name: Severn Wild
Director: Tom Carle
Genre: Documentary, Animation
Released: 2024-11-27
Duration: 6 min
Cast: Becca Newman, Fay Bradley, George Cuss, Jasmine Elleray, Kaitlyn Latham

2024 · 0h 6m · Documentary, Animation

Watch it tonight if you care about the environment or love visually stunning documentaries—the combo of gorgeous animation and urgent environmental storytelling is exactly the kind of meaningful cinema that deserves your attention. Skip it only if you're in the mood for pure escapism, because this is thoughtful, poetic activism that'll stick with you.

Plot

This lyrical film is an impassioned plea to protect our country's rivers, using beautiful animation, historical materials, and a poetic script to detail the far-reaching and catastrophic effects that humanity and civilisation have had on the River Severn, but also highlighting hopeful plans to restore the river and return it to its natural state.

Director: Tom Carle

Cast: Becca Newman, Fay Bradley, George Cuss, Jasmine Elleray, Kaitlyn Latham

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