Sustainability Series: ACKROYD & HARVEY: THE ART OF ACTIVISM with Brooke Ripley

Sustainability Film Series concludes with an award-winning documentary about two artists whose work bridges the gap between expression and environmental activism!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

This event will include a presentation by Brooke Ripley

About the film

Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism is the latest film from award-winning documentary maker Fiona Cunningham-Reid. An intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art, activism, biology and ecology, and their quest to shake humanity into action on climate catastrophe – whatever the personal cost.

Intrinsically bound up in protest, the film follows the pair collaborating with Extinction Rebellion, and co-founding the movement, Culture Declares Emergency. Their work is uncompromisingly preoccupied with the climate and ecological crisis, and has become a rallying point for the environmental movement. It’s won them international acclaim, but the film leaves us in no doubt – they’d be creating it whether the world was watching or not.

About the speaker

Brooke Ripley is a fine artist and scientist whose work focuses on the role of native plants in restoring ecosystems. She specializes in creating biodegradable art and currently serves as a VISTA Service Member on the True Pigments project at Rural Action.