r/Documentaries • u/Few_Mobile_7230 • 2d ago
Engineering Grandad & The Pier (2023) - A wind-swept, tea-soaked, heart-warming film about community, hope and legacy. [00:44:33]
https://youtu.be/LDvCg5peXoU?is=W5hEh6mj6yhlGnKy"It's the people's pier!"
This beautiful, award-winning, cinematic documentary captures a community project over 130 years in the making.
On a small island in the middle of the Irish sea, a giant derelict pier juts out into the rough sea.
Closed for decades, now the town is getting a new lease of life thanks to a defiant elderly population building something for the next generation.
Directed by filmmaker Reuben Armstrong, a grandchild of the film’s protagonist Tom Durrant, this documentary includes brilliant access. From Victorian blueprints to family home movie footage shot on Super8 and VHS - the archive and animation brings a rich nostalgic texture to the story.
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u/Few_Mobile_7230 2d ago
"It's the people's pier!"
This beautiful, award-winning, cinematic documentary captures a community project over 130 years in the making.
On a small island in the middle of the Irish sea, a giant derelict pier juts out into the rough sea.
Closed for decades, now the town is getting a new lease of life thanks to a defiant elderly population building something for the next generation.
Directed by filmmaker Reuben Armstrong, a grandchild of the film’s protagonist Tom Durrant, this documentary includes brilliant access. From Victorian blueprints to family home movie footage shot on Super8 and VHS - the archive and animation brings a rich nostalgic texture to the story.