Seven Summers

Name: Seven Summers
Genre: Documentary, Short
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Sarah Cracknell

2012
10m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Documentary Short

In the summer of 2005 director Paul Kelly and Saint Etienne spent a month filming the pre-Olympic Lower Lea Valley, around Stratford and Hackney Wick, for the the drama-documentary 'What Hav... Read allIn the summer of 2005 director Paul Kelly and Saint Etienne spent a month filming the pre-Olympic Lower Lea Valley, around Stratford and Hackney Wick, for the the drama-documentary 'What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day'. 'Seven Summers' is a short (10 minute) film which revisits t... Read allIn the summer of 2005 director Paul Kelly and Saint Etienne spent a month filming the pre-Olympic Lower Lea Valley, around Stratford and Hackney Wick, for the the drama-documentary 'What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day'. 'Seven Summers' is a short (10 minute) film which revisits the area in 2012 to investigate how wholesale redevelopment has affected local residents an... Read all

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A great addition to a London history archive

This short film documents the changes to the Lea Valley, a dilapidated area in East London, in the seven years leading up to the 2012 London Olympics.

In a space of just ten minutes, we are presented with many visually stunning scenes. For example, a scene featuring two pairs of shoes hanging on a wire, with a plane darting through the sky is quite amazing. Another scene depicts a warehouse with a rat sprinting across the yard. And graffiti representing polar opposite opinions shown right after another. I wonder how long they have to search and wait for these scenes to happen! The transformation of the Lea Valley is quite amazing, as the poorly maintained, abandoned buildings are replaced by modern and architecturally splendid buildings. "Seven Summers" is another great addition to the archive of London history.