A feature-length environmental documentary
with narration by ACADAMY NOMINATED
Sophie Okonedo
I was commissioned to recut the footage from Sacha Dench's ambitious expedition, FLIGHT OF THE SWANS, a retelling of her epic adventure as she tracks Bewick's Swans from the Russian Tundra to the UK, 7000 kilometres in a paramotor, in an attempt to discover why they are in catastrophic decline. The resulting feature documentary, narrated by Academy-nominated Sophie Okonedo, has won four awards at international film festivals.
To investigate the reasons behind the Bewick swan population’s shocking decline, female environmentalist SACHA DENCH takes to the skies in a paramotor to follow the flock on its migratory journey, over 7,000 kilometers, and 11 countries, from Russia to England, across wetlands, tundra and industrial landscapes, where she encounters local people just as passionate about saving and protecting the swans.
