Flux

Flux explores the tidal Thames from Putney to Battersea and features the voices of local people. It is a meditation on change, memory and the natural world. It portrays the river on a spring day from just after high tide at dawn until the tide is on the ebb as night falls. During the day we encounter a number of local characters including May who remembers peeking out of her bedroom window in the 1930s at men brawling after closing time; Dan, an octogenarian given to breaking into song who is about to be rehoused as part of the council's regeneration scheme; then there's Manuel who has recently arrived in the UK to live with his little son. We also encounter an amateur archaeologist combing the beach at low tide for treasure, canoeists, children and many birds. The old working river has disappeared completely and developers are building 'apartments, apartments and more apartments' on every spare meter of the bank as one man puts it. Flux was made for the Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2017 and was first screened at St Mary's Church Putney in May 2017. Full running length 30 minutes (Full HD).