The fight to stop Sheffield council’s controversial tree felling programme is told in this one-sided but determined activist documentary
Something must have gone seriously wrong inside Sheffield council. What on earth possessed them to give the Ok to chopping down up to 17,500 roadside trees in the city, then go after locals who peacefully protested? The battle to stop Sheffield’s controversial tree felling programme is told in this blood-boiling documentary, assembled from footage shot by local photographer Jacqui Bellamy. It’s entirely one-sided, told from the perspective of Team Trees. Though frankly, it’s hard to imagine what the council or its private contractor Amey could come up with to defend some of their actions.
There’s a quick explainer at the start: the tree felling programme was part of a Pfi contract worth £2.2bn between Sheffield council and Amey to upgrade the city’s roads. The film opens...
Something must have gone seriously wrong inside Sheffield council. What on earth possessed them to give the Ok to chopping down up to 17,500 roadside trees in the city, then go after locals who peacefully protested? The battle to stop Sheffield’s controversial tree felling programme is told in this blood-boiling documentary, assembled from footage shot by local photographer Jacqui Bellamy. It’s entirely one-sided, told from the perspective of Team Trees. Though frankly, it’s hard to imagine what the council or its private contractor Amey could come up with to defend some of their actions.
There’s a quick explainer at the start: the tree felling programme was part of a Pfi contract worth £2.2bn between Sheffield council and Amey to upgrade the city’s roads. The film opens...
- 12/5/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
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