Supporting Films to Amplify Our Message

"We must rewild the world" - David Attenborough Filmmaker Robbie Sloan created 'Deserves To Bloom' to highlight the current state of the climate and biodiversity crises and to mobilise people to protect the planet. All donations are going to support the work of the UK rewilding charity Heal. In the film, Mother Nature has been woken by a forest fire and gives a message to humanity about the state of nature and the consequences of climate breakdown. Watch 'The Making of Deserves To Bloom': https://youtu.be/8rOOc0Ky6P0 Deserves To Bloom is an emotive film featuring the amazing poet and dancer Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa. Safiya, British-born and Barbadian-raised, is the winner of the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam Championships and UK Nationals in 2019 alongside being a BBC Word’s First Finalist. Heal Rewilding: https://www.healrewilding.org.uk Robbie Sloan: https://www.robbiesloan.com/ Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: https://www.safiyakamaria.com/ Heal has a variety of celebrity supporters including Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Ceallach Spellman, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Ben Goldsmith. Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman said, “I’m thrilled to be supporting Deserves To Bloom. It has never been as important to care about our planet and for us all to do what we can to protect our natural world and to fight climate change. The team at Heal are at the forefront of this battle. The work of this amazing organisation will create new places for wild creatures to live safe from harm and help vulnerable species to recover. It will also allow future generations to experience a world full of beauty that may otherwise not be able to be enjoyed. I am excited for the future of Heal.” Robbie Sloan, Director of Deserves To Bloom project, said “I wanted to bring Mother Nature to life in a human form and also I wanted to find a woman of colour to play the role. It was really important to make the conversation on the climate and nature crises more inclusive, and not just featuring the white middle class.” Heal is an inclusive rewilding charity dedicated to nature recovery and reversing the effects of climate change by raising money, buying land and rewilding it. The charity inspires action through hope and optimism, motivated by the knowledge that a bright future for our planet and future generations is possible if we rewild at scale today, particularly through its network of 200+ dedicated volunteers across the UK. It empowers people to support direct action focused around shaping a better future for our vulnerable planet. +++ Deserves To Bloom by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa Your venom creeps in the veins of my soil my wealth my land you forgot your roots together we snap apart brittle twigs in a barren abyss Your ancestors worshipped me praised me like the sun now you forget there is a consequence to your poison Is it not I who brings stampedes of waves and monsoons of fire? Perhaps if I were called ‘Father Nature’ you would show more tenderness Do grasshoppers not deserve grass? Do caterpillars not deserve wings? Do bees not deserve their nectar? Does the earth not deserve to be blessed with colour? majestic dazzling spinning across the galaxy a spirit who knows no borders and how I have stretched to bring you life to bring you life If a distant land falls you are not immune Every place deserves to bloom - Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: https://www.safiyakamaria.com/

"Marine Meadows of Cornwall" A short environmental documentary about Seagrass meadows in Cornwall. A collaboration between Project Seagrass & LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES with extra support and funding from Natural England, Ocean Conservation Trust, Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall Council, Feel Good Drinks & Eden Project. Seagrass is one of the most important ecosystems on our planet. This incredible marine plant - goes unnoticed by many - yet absorbs vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and provides a home for a huge diversity of marine animals. Including critically endangered species such as the Seahorse and also the young of commercially important species such as Pollock, Cod and whiting. Shockingly, the UK is predicted to have lost up to 92% of its Seagrass during the last century. This is mostly due to negative human impacts. There is much more that can be done to protect these productive, biodiverse underwater meadows. Produced, directed, filmed & edited by Lewis Jefferies Executive producer Dr Richard Lilley Narrated by Charlie Young Original Score by David John Williamson

In 2021 - at the very start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), Seawilding have become Scotland’s first community-led seagrass restoration project. In addition to their already successful Native Oyster restoration project, their aim is to reinforce the fragmented seagrass meadows of Loch Craignish, Argyll. The project is developing best-practice, low-cost methodologies using a mobile seagrass seed processing unit. The community are developing a “how-to” practical guide, with the aim of rolling-out community-led seagrass restoration to other coastal communities.