"Two decades ago, a man named Rick Canty lost his mother and was shortly thereafter evicted from their home in Barry, Wales, due to bankruptcy charges he vehemently claimed were fraudulent. In protest against being forced to move, he climbed on top of the house and settled into a new routine on the rooftop, not just for a few days or weeks but for more than two years."
"Atkin-Mayne describes his short documentary, " Rick on the Roof," as a glimpse inside of Canty's "resolute and bit mad protest, but it's also about a search for a kind of community that can feel rare today.""
Rick Canty lost his mother and was evicted from his Barry home after bankruptcy charges he called fraudulent, then protested by living on his rooftop for more than two years. The prolonged rooftop protest turned Canty into a local legend as neighbors supplied food and essentials via a bucket-and-pulley and forged strong, lasting bonds. Welsh filmmaker Isaac Atkin-Mayne assembled archival footage, news material, and interviews to create the short documentary "Rick on the Roof," retracing Canty's story as a visualised oral history that highlights communal solidarity amid economic strain.
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