Documentary about man living self sufficiently - Leeds festival

[MinorHour]

There's an interesting documentary which is going to be shown at Leeds film festival on 12th November. It's about a man from Leeds who has been living self sufficiently on a remote Scottish island near the Isle of Mull for the last 6 years. BBC Radio Leeds recently interviewed the filmmaker who made the documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddb3VY70PsI

Here are more details about the event: http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/island-se...andscapes/

We have some free tickets to the event which we would like to give away, please email us if you want to come along: info@minorhourfilms.com



The story:
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Lifelong drifter CHRISTOPHER ELLIS has made his home on a small island off the west coast of Scotland. For six years he has lived in virtual isolation, being the only inhabitant of the island and rarely returning to the mainland. Every winter Christopher journeys on foot to his home town of Leeds to earn a month’s wage as a pot washer in an Italian restaurant - enough for him to live off for the next year.

The documentary is a portrait about one man’s lifelong pursuit for independence. A proud, self defined tramp, Christopher Ellis challenges modern expectations about settling down, instead finding a simple pleasure in living hand-to-mouth in reflective isolation.