Project Detail

A Life On The Farm

Name: A Life On The Farm
Director: Oscar Harding
Released: 2021
Duration: 75 min

Synopsis

When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape - a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

But there's so much more to the man behind the videos - Charles was an inventor, an outsider artist, and a pioneer of death positivity, to name just a few of the filmmaking farmer’s achievements. Charles’ life and work are examined by those who knew him best, as well by a whole new generation of fans from across the world who have been inspired by the legacy he left behind.

A LIFE ON THE FARM is an exploration and celebration of Charles Carson and his movies, rescued from obscurity, which present a moving and laugh-out-loud document of a time and place in danger of being lost to history.

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Features
Running time: 75 min
Director: Oscar Harding
Producer: Oscar Harding, Edward Lomas, Dominik Platen
Co-Producer: Michael Clapham, Anderson Duff
Executive Producer: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher
Editor: Hannah Christensen
Director of Photography: Edward Lomas
Composer: Sam Paul Toms

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sonderbar Pictures

44a Morrish Road
London SW2 4EG

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