Project Detail

Drying For Freedom

Name: Drying For Freedom
Director: Steven Lake
Released: 2010
Duration: 90 mins

Synopsis

A conflict is raging in the US. Protests, political movements and murder have taken place in the name of an unlikely ideal: clotheslines.

Tens of millions of individuals across Northern America are banned from outdoor line drying by the very communities they live in, forcing them to turn to the dryer. Homeowners who break the rules are fined, sued and even foreclosed on. This ban is not only infringing on civil rights, it's contributing to the environmental and energy crisis. The dryer is responsible for 6% of the average household's energy bill and it costs residential ratepayers in the US an estimated $5 billion annually.

Corporate America has sold the dryer and the consumption of electricity as a status symbol, and now they have their eyes on a much bigger prize - the world.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD
Director: Steven Lake 1st Feature
Producer: Dan Pringle, Rob Sharp
Co-Producer: Dan Pringle, Rob Sharp
Editor: Steven Lake, Ryan Prout

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

White Lantern Film

Suite B
Second Floor
Burlington House
St Peters Road
Bournemouth BH1 2HZ
UK

adam.merrifield@whitelantern.co.uk

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www.dryingforfreedom.com

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