Polish Heritage Days 2020 Rowing Thru Poland Trailer

“Rowing Through the Country That Didn’t Exist”
To watch the WORLD PREMIERE of The First Episode - Kraków - go to:
• Great Continental Rive...
and click on the BELL icon to set a reminder.
It will be shown at 19.30 London time on Friday 22nd May.
by Ewa Marcinkowska and Stephen Walker
Logline:
Polish and British rowers, Ewa and Steve, set out on a bold adventure to explore Poland by rowing down the 1000 km long river Wisła, the last wild river in Europe, so as to reach Gdansk in time for 30th anniversary of the first free elections since the Soviet era. Will they make it in time?
Story behind the Film
Ewa Marcinkowska and Steve Walker are independent filmmakers based in UK and this is the first of their Great Continental River Journeys. They recorded this documentary on their own initiative and own budget.
Poland had completely disappeared from the map of Europe between 1795 and 1918 and regained its independence after the 1st World War but it is has changed most during the last 30 years following the end of communism.
“We wanted to discover what the Poles have achieved. But Poland's boundaries have varied widely so what exactly defined Poland?
The geographical core of Poland turns out to be the River Wisła [Vistula] that flows from the Tatra Mountains in the South to the Baltic Sea in the North. So we have made a documentary by rowing a boat down this river.
We wanted to investigate ancient and modern Poland, its people, its culture & its history. To discover old and new connections between Poland and Great Britain.”
Nowadays we have a million Poles living and working with us in the UK.
But who are the Poles? Where did they come from?
To answer that question Steve had to go there with Ewa and interview people. After all this was forbidden territory for Westerners up until 1990.
What Ewa and Steve reveal on their journey will dramatically change their view of Poland and yours too.
“We offer two unique perspectives on Poland: that from a river and that coming from different countries.
We have combined serious matters with a light and humorous presentation style that will amuse, inform and entertain our audience.”
About the film makers:
Ewa Marcinkowska is Polish presenter, interpreter, researcher, bilingual poet, photographer and a rower.
Ewa’s extensive knowledge of her homeland and the hidden gems within the cities, combined with personal stories has allowed us to present a side of Poland undiscovered and unseen before.
Stephen Walker is a film maker, presenter, an author and a well known personality in the world of rowing, being a successful coach and World Master, with his own online Sculling Academy.
His RUclips channel has over 2 million views. He has produced over 150 films including travelogues, rowing, sailing and coaching videos.
Polish Heritage Days 2020
The first episode of Rowing Through Poland is about Kraków.
Its world premiere is set for Friday 22nd May at 19.30 (London time) as a part of Polish Heritage Days.
Direct link to the PREMIERE: • Great Continental Rive...
Facebook Page: Great Continental River Journeys. / great-continental-rive...

[@Mustangchef]

You are a lucky man! LOL

[@ewamewa21]

He is :)

[@maryctover6675]

Nicely done :)

[@StephenWalkerAhoy-Boats]

Thank you Mary! Please do share this trailer with your circle of friends and remember to set your reminder by clicking on the bell icon on at ruclips.net/video/wEhIQ-6nCpA/видео.html
Oh, and the World Premiere will be at 19.30 LONDON time. Cheers!

[@ewamewa21]

Thank you

[@digestiblepolish6992]

Looking forward to watching your series!

[@StephenWalkerAhoy-Boats]

Glad to hear it!

[@ewamewa21]

Thank you for watching