Film
Please note: This was screened in June 2025
A fascinating documentary which captures the eccentric lives of the Page family, who live a simple life in the woodlands of Sussex, in a home without running water, gas or electricity. Released in 1971 the film has quietly assumed cult status, influencing filmmakers from Nick Broomfield to Andrew Kötting, with fans including Maxine Peake.
“What’s extraordinary about it is I don’t think you could ever make another documentary like it ever again. It’s beautiful; very poetic. He’s very articulate, Mr Page. They sort of all are. There’s something about all of them that their use of language is extraordinary. They feel like some sort of poem; an ode to another way of life. The old English ethos, the connection with the land, the pagan element running through… Something very magical and quite spiritual about it….” - Maxine Peake
The feature will be preceded by a screening of the short film Forest Coal Pit, an intimate Super 8 portrait of the hyperlocal world of two elderly brothers who live together on a small farm in the Black Mountains of South Wales.