Treefather
a cinepoem
the story of a 2000 year old yew tree
Treefather is a film about an ancient yew tree situated in the liminal space between the edge of Sheffield and the Peak District.​
The Yew represents immortality and how nature finds a way to cope with man's presence.
This piece resulted from the COVID lockdown where the artist, Graham Roos, moved back home to care for his sick mother.
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Graham began by filming the yew tree twice a month for two years, through snow and sun and mist and rain.
It is remarkable how nature changes throughout the year and even the yew, though evergreen,
changes slightly with the seasons - thinning out a little in the winter.
"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money." Cree Wisdom
meet the artist
Graham Roos is a multi-award-winning writer and director.
He was born in Sheffield and won an Art Scholarship to Rugby School. His career has spanned the media of art, theatre, film, music, radio, opera and publishing.
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Inspired by the work and life of Jean Cocteau, Graham aims to bring the visual arts to text and create four-dimensional work that touches upon all the different arts whose source is one.​
You can read more about the artist here.
“You can only speak to trees when your words have
lost the power to wound.” Graham Roos
travel through the seasons
