Our Land
This documentary is about who owns England and who's allowed to walk on it. Around 92% of the land is off limits to the public, and the film sets out to ask why.
One of the first people we meet is Francis Fulford, whose family has owned the same Devon estate since 1191. As he puts it: "This is my garden and it's f***ing big." England has one of the most concentrated systems of land ownership in Europe, and huge parts of the countryside are still in the hands of aristocratic families and large private estates.
In the film you meet the people pushing back. Nick Hayes, Nadia Sheikh and Guy Shrubsole have spent years campaigning for a much broader right to roam, and they've started deliberately trespassing to make the point.
It's beautifully shot and balanced really nicely as a debate. By the end you're more than likely wanting to be able to hop into the parts of the countryside you've never seen before.
Directed by Orban Wallace
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Our Land Full Film