Tamar

The Imperfect Orchestra's second collaboration with Allister Gall of Imperfect Cinema, Tamar was commissioned by the It's All About The River Project.

The film combines original footage shot by Russell Cleave, Richard Gorman and Allister Gall, footage shot by children during an Imperfect Cinema workshop and archive footage from the Claude Endicott archive supplied by SWFTA. Endicott was a butcher who filmed life in and around Plymouth from the 1920s to the mid 1960s. His archive contains historical events, mixed with his love of all things modern as we see Plymouth change through his lens, including the building of the Tamar Bridge, warships in The Sound and the local community living life at the river's edge. 

Musically, Tamar takes us from the source of the river Tamar, down through the old mining areas towards the city of Plymouth and out to the sea, combining folk and post-rock influences.