New Town Utopia

2016, 90 minutes

Documentary on the "new town" of Basildon.

New Town Utopia is a feature documentary about the utopian dreams and concrete realities of a British New Town. An audiovisual journey of art, architecture and memory – the film is brought to life through the stories and performances of a group of artists, musicians and poets from Basildon. Facing austerity, adversity and personal challenges these are individuals driven by their creative spirit to improve their community through art, poetry, music… and puppets.

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