Land Lines

An international movement collaboration by Sádé Budhlall (Trinidad & Tobago) and Bronwen Wilson Rashad (United Kingdom) 

Land Lines is an international collaboration with Bronwen Wilson Rashad exploring how we build a sense of home through movement, land-based practice and collective presence. Working simultaneously from two forested sites—Caura Valley in Trinidad and the Forest of Dean in the UK—the work invited participants into a shared inquiry around belonging, place, and our relationship with the more-than-human world.

Through somatic practice, improvisation, walking, dancing, listening, and collective gathering, participants were invited to explore what it means to make home in the body and with each other. The project emerged from questions of displacement, spatial exclusion, ecological disconnection, and the increasing difficulty many people face in accessing land, housing, and spaces for creativity and rest.

While Bronwen’s work explored how movement might emerge directly from listening to the forest and deepening relationships with the more-than-human world, Sádé’s inquiry was shaped by questions of home-building, land connection, and community care within the Trinidadian context. Together, the project became a dialogue across forests, cultures, and geographies—revealing both the shared human desire for belonging and the distinct ways different communities relate to land.

Land Lines asks: How do we create home when so many forces disconnect us from land, from each other, and from ourselves? What becomes possible when we slow down enough to listen?

CREDITS

Direction & Concept: Sádé Budhlall & Bronwen Wilson Rashard
Editing: Jerel Ramsey
Additional Cinematography: Jerel Ramsey
Locations: ILE Park, Caura Valley Trinidad & Tobago / Forest of Dean, United Kingdom