Films For Action: Happy Man Tree Fri 6 Feb 2026
Fri 06 Feb
|St Paul's West Hackney
The Happy Man Tree Film is about a campaign to save a 150-year-old London Plane tree in Hackney. Doors open at 6.30 for 7.00 pm screening.
Time & Location
06 Feb 2026, 18:30 – 22:00
St Paul's West Hackney, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY, UK
About the event
The Happy Man Tree Film is about a campaign to save a 150-year-old London Plane tree in Hackney.
Local people found out that a huge much loved tree was about to be felled as part of the Regeneration of Woodberry Down Estate and the 'Save the Happy Man Tree' campaign was formed and pulled together a petition of 20,000 signatures . The film by Director Katy McGahan documents the nine month grassroots campaign which pulled together a loose alliance of concerned local residents from Woodberry Down Estate and environmental activists from the wider community.
It is a heartwarming story of how people come together to campaign around the issue of trees and nature. Under the banned of Notice This Tree https://www.noticethistree.org, the film is touring UK cinemas and has been shown as part of the Green Screen Network.
Panel Members:
Katy McGahan artist & film director: She directed the film ‘Th…
