The documentary film being made by\u00a0Manchester-based film production company All Rites Reversed, who are using an innovative approach to fund a new documentary project about one man’s quest to build a boat and sail it home from Manchester to Windsor. ‘One Long Journey’ has been launched on the crowd-funding web site ‘Kickstarter’ and, through online presence and word-of-mouth alone, the funding target is already half way to being achieved.<\/p>\n
The documentary follows Vik Pengilly-Johnson, a 70-year-old former army radio operator, safari park warden, river cruise skipper and all-round character on his adventure to build a boat from scrap in Manchester and sail it down the canals and waterways of England, under Tower Bridge, and up the Thames to his home in Windsor. The filmmakers want to evoke classic journey movies like Dennis Hopper’s \u2018Easyrider\u2019 and David Lynch\u2019s \u2018Straight Story\u2019, whilst adopting the sensitivities and attentiveness of ethnographic cinema.<\/p>\n
The film, being shot throughout the spring and summer, will include a strong online component, with donors on\u00a0Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0being invited to come and join Vik and the film crew on parts of their journey and regular updates on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n The filmmakers met whilst Ben, Tom and Kieran were studying at the University of Manchester and Andy was their teacher. They also know a thing or two about canal life. Andy said: \u201cBen and I have lived on boats for the past four years and in this project we want to show you some of the beauty, the freedom and perhaps some of the horror that comes with this way of living.\u201d<\/p>\n Please take a look at the links below to get involved and please share them with your friends and network!<\/p>\n KICKSTARTER PAGE:<\/b>\u00a0http:\/\/www.kickstarter.