Blackwater Mouth Tollesbury Creek Jumping Ladz
A filthy love letter to Essex, like you’ve never seen it before. In a village at the end of the road, teenage boys smothered in black mud, run wild through the vast salt marshes in a bizarre tradition hundreds of years old - ‘creek-jumping’.
Covid has heightened anxiety about cleanliness - it is a social taboo to be dirty. These teenagers throw mud in the face of social norms (literally). In this extraordinary landscape, ritually transformed by the tide, they race through the creek, hurl themselves into the sea and muse on strange local myths - Cannibalism! Shipwrecks! Nuclear power explosions! As the brink of adulthood approaches they struggle to imagine their uncertain futures but they know just how to live in the present - shoes off, mud between the toes, sun burning down, hearts thumping…
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Tilly ShinerDirector
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Tilly ShinerProducer
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Oliver Aran-GarriockKey Cast
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Alex FlowerKey Cast
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Sam WhitmanKey Cast
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Alfie SmartKey Cast
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Morri NashKey Cast
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Sam EmsonKey Cast
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Dylan CarterKey Cast
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Mason FoakesKey Cast
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Sid PayneKey Cast
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Art, Environment, Youth, Mud, Essex, Coastal, Right-of-passage
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Runtime:30 minutes 25 seconds
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Completion Date:March 15, 2021
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Production Budget:6,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:8mm
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Tilly Shiner
Artist and Director
B. 1989
Lives and works in London.
http://www.tillyshiner.com
Nominated for the Jarman Award 2018.
Recent projects include Second Self, Beethoven Resurrection - Feature film premiered with 19 piece orchestra, KunstFestSpiele Hannover (2020) Collaboration with Hugo Glendinning.
https://secondselffilm.com
Directed by Tilly Shiner
Cinematography Jon Muschamp
Sound House of Noise
Music Gold Panda
With Flute by Infinite Lives
Graphic Design work-form
Featuring
Oliver Aran-Garriock
Alex Flower
Sam Whitman
Alfie Smart
Morri Nash
Sam Emson
Dylan Carter
Mason Foakes
Sid Payne
Additional voices
Flavian Capes
Oysterman William
Amy London
Savanna Sheen
Thanks to
Simon Earney for lending his van
Parents
Neil & Sue Foakes
Sarah & Olly Emson
Mireille Garriock
Nicola Nash
Donna & John Carter
Lisa & Dave Smart
Clou Flower
Mike Flower
Theresa Witman
Sarah Payne
& the lovely folk of Tollesbury
Charlie Abbott
Mick & Elaine Shiner
Esther Collins
Hugo Glendinning
Film, process & scan by On8mil
© Tilly Shiner