Grass Routes is a short made for the NAHEMI: ‘A Few Minutes for the Planet’ Competition.
Directed by Miles Roberts
Cinematography by Ali Mohamed
Additional Camera by Mariana Rosteck
Produced by Eefaa Hassan, Miles Roberts and Mariana Rosteck
Editing by Mariana Rosteck and Eefaa Hassan
Mix Media by Eefaa Hassan
Music by Elias Vasilioudes Nikolaides
Featuring: Nicholas Ong, Potter Gu, Max Treichl, Rocco Chu.
Our film captures the guerrilla gardening movement through the lens of late ’90s skate edits. Skating and guerrilla gardening may not seem like natural bedfellows but capturing it using the same DIY counterculture aesthetic as those videos gets at the essence of guerrilla gardening. Skating has a long history as a tool for protest and activism, offering a unique blend of art, rebellion, and community. Once skaters reclaimed urban spaces as stages for expression, now gardeners are transforming them into the frontlines for protest and action. Why not combine the two?
We want the film to be a call to arms, inspiring its viewers to join the movement and get GUERRILLA GARDENING.
(Grass Routes is in active competition so must stay behind a password for now. if you would like to watch it, please get in touch)