Apologies for the woefully infrequent updates on this site but I’ve been busy baking bread, brewing beer, and then having a little lie down (Long Covid? I suspect so, but I’ve not had an official diagnosis). I’m now back on tour as my alter ego John Shuttleworth - for all the dates please visit www.shuttleworths.co.uk
I’ve also spent some of the last year editing a new film called Father Earth. Most of the footage was shot in 2010 when I was living in London and owned a G Wizz electric car. At the time I’d recently bought a derelict church in the Orkney Isles, and had a crazy plan to drive the car (with a range of 30 miles and a top speed of 25 MPH) all the way from London to Orkney.
The unfinished film was abandoned in 2012 and only revisited last year with newer footage added. After months of editing and now nearing completion, Father Earth has already had a couple of previews in Leicester and Beverley, with a third and final preview at Whitby’s MusicPort Festival this weekend. https://www.musicportfestival.com/. Tickets are still available for the festival, and the lineup looks amazing. Try and make it if you can.
Father Earth is the true story of one man’s attempt to help save the planet, by converting a derelict church on the Orkney Isles into an eco friendly recording studio, complete with G Wiz electric car driven all the way from London.
That’s the plan, but Life and relationships - specifically between fathers and sons - soon get in the way, becoming more important than the future of the planet.
Funny yet deeply moving, and filmed mainly in the Orkney Isles over a 10 year period, Father Earth is Graham Fellows’ most thoughtful and accomplished movie to date.
With guest appearances from Graham’s comic alter ego John Shuttleworth and Kids’ TV legends Sooty and Sweep, not to mention Graham’s eccentric and mathematically driven father Derek, this 83 minute documentary will be previewed in selected venues before a full theatrical release in 2022.
Father Earth is Graham’s first movie since Southern Softies (2008) This was preceded by It’s Nice Up North (2004) a collaboration with renowned photographer Martin Parr. Both films were distributed by Picture House and screened on Sky Arts TV
Thanks for reading this, and I’ll try and update this site a bit more frequently in future!
Cheers, Graham x