Cutting the Crap
Aletta Harrison

A small group of English cold-water swimmers takes on industry and the government over the misuse of a loophole allowing the flood of raw sewage into coastal waters. “I realised I had an opportunity to tell a story about a natural disaster unfolding almost in my back yard with this film” Harrison tells us.

“I've recently been thinking a lot about the importance of making people feel empowered to do something about the nature and climate crises. While the sewage issue has featured prominently in national news, I felt no one had really pieced together the extraordinary back story of how 11 ‘normal’ individuals launched an extraordinary campaign that is helping to shed light on the scale of sewage pollution.”