'Rave On for the Avon' Screening with the Final Straw Foundation

Rave On for the Avon Screening

Date: 15th May 2025

Time: 18:45 for pre-drinks, 19:30 screening start

Location: Westbourne Club, River Street, Westbourne, PO10 8TG

Film Rating: 12A

Join us for a special screening of Rave On for the Avon, an inspiring documentary exploring the intersection of music, community, and environmental activism along the River Avon. This powerful film highlights the urgent need to protect our waterways and the creative movements driving change.

As a small charity dedicated to improving water quality, the Final Straw Foundation is hosting this event to raise awareness and spark conversations about the challenges facing our rivers and coastline. After the screening, we’ll have a discussion about local water quality issues and ways we can take action.

Come along to learn, connect, and be inspired!

From the Filmmakers:

Do humans have the right to nature? In this tender film, Director Charlotte Sawyer tells a story of a community of wild swimmers in Bristol (UK) affected by raw sewage pollution of the river Avon. England is one of the only two countries in the world to have a fully privatised water and sewage disposal system, and with only 14% of English rivers in good ecological health, the mission to keep the rivers clean is not going well.

In a series of moving, exciting and thought-provoking scenes, the swimmers create a stunning, light-hearted yet fascinating tapestry, probing how activism starts from the grassroots, and carries a profound universal lesson for all of us. There’s a marriage to the river, drum’n’bass, a mermaid who tows an inflatable turd, and a whole lot of cheesecake in this poignant reflection on people’s innovative battles for the natural world they cherish.

There will be a bar at the event with the option to purchase drinks. Doors open at 18:45 for pre-drinks, the film will start at 19:30.