Peaks Of Colour

Evie Muir is a social justice activist, domestic abuse survivor and journalist and created Peaks of Colour by and for people of colour with the aim to heal in nature without that fear of racism. The documentary highlights the importance of the need for change in the Peak District and the outdoors. We all understand and appreciate the healing benefits of being outside and in nature and we feel that everyone should be able to access this without fear of abuse or persecution. Unfortunately, the Peak District is one place where people of colour are not able to always feel safe in the outdoors. Through this film, Evie tells us why she created a walking group by and for people of colour and what issues we as people of colour can face whilst spending times in the outdoor spaces that we all love. From the Filmmakers: Our names are Darshan and Ai and we're filmmakers based in Sheffield. We studied at Sheffield Hallam University and actually met on a freelance job. Soon, we created our production company, Yellow Pocket, where we create media projects on a regular basis. During this, Ai met Evie through work means and that’s where we discovered Peaks of Colour. Coming from a non-white background, we both feel a drive to create projects that project our own opinions and feelings. Having faced a lot of racism ourselves, we feel this documentary was the perfect project for us and we hope you enjoy it! Note from ShAFF. Darshan and Ai won the Rookie Filmmaker Award for 2023 and this is the film that they produced. The award gives £1,000 towards the making of a film to local rookies/early career filmmakers which is kindly donated by one of our Patreons. Darshan and Ai were mentored through the process by the team at Coldhouse Collective

Sustainability Notes:

Made locally using local crew to Sheffield/the peaks. Limited travel using car shares. The film champions increasing the diversity of the communities that visit the Peak District.