Story: Joe Philips is a Jamaican born steel worker and filmmaking enthusiast living in Sheffield during the 1960s. In 1971 he built his own boat out of scrap bits of metal because he wanted to travel and visit his home in Jamaica. Like much of the Caribbean diaspora post Windrush he finds life here hard. In the archives we have his voice talking about his boat.
He builds his boat over many years and mishaps and unfortunately never gets there.
The recovery: Cole Morris has reimagined the journey Joe didn’t get to make. Through shadow puppetry Cole takes Joe on the voyage with sea serpents, old soldiers and space rockets that finally takes him home.
