Private Project

Shove

SHOVE is a metaphorical dance film reflecting the realities of unsafe abortions that occur worldwide.

  • Lauren Pringle
    Director
  • Lauren Pringle
    Producer
    The Mess, The Wall, Series Producer at Boiler Room,
  • Estefi Spark
    Key Cast
    Flow Altas Wachas
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Shove
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Dance, Human rights, Music, Campaign, advert, shortfilm, Movement
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 30, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, FS7,
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lauren Pringle

Lauren Pringle was born and raised in the uk but lived in Argentina from 2009-2017. A trained actress, dancer and performer, she began her career in film when she studied at SICA film school in Argentina in 2012. Whilst studying she created a successful performance dance group with 2 friends called Flow Altas Wachas. The group thrived on fusing fashion and performance art with film and has become an innovative brand in urban culture in Argentina. Lauren is a Director, Producer and Performer, whose biggest inspiration is the concrete town she grew up in contrasted with the vibrant Latin and Argentine culture she has been submersed in for the past 8 years. Movement, music, urbanisation, contrasting cultures and the exploration of gender is what inspires her work. Lauren specialises in movement and audiovisual content where she hopes to bridge both worlds and create energetic and vivacious content. Lauren Pringle is an award winning producer (The Mess - Dorothy Allen Pickard - Open City Docs Best UK Short, YDA Cannes). She has worked as a global series producer for Boiler Room and Conde Naste. She has directed several dance and movement videos and is now crafting a niche for herself with political dance films.

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Director Statement

For several years i’ve been working within human rights docs, dance and music. I felt deeply frustrated by the Argentine Senates failure to pass the Voluntary Pregnancy Interruption bill on 9th August 2018. I lived and worked in Buenos Aires for eight years and witnessed first hand and through close friends the stark reality regarding this situation.

My own experience after falling pregnant accidentally led me on a journey towards an illegal abortion. I suffered a miscarriage before it was necessary to undergo any surgical procedures but I saw first hand the tangled web of backstreet clinics and mysterious phone numbers related to the situation. I was very fortunate in what was an incredibly difficult situation, but many women are forced to go through with unsafe abortions, this is why I want to push the discussion further through this campaign. The question stands as to how a senate that supposedly represents its people can seemingly be so detached from the reality of millions of women and their right to decide what happens to their own bodies. As the co-founder of a politically active dance group in Argentina, along with my dance partner in Berlin, we felt the time was right to make a statement, SHOVE it in the public eye and to shout about it.