English Kills Voyage

A documentary film
Created by Nathan Kensinger, Laura Chipley
and Sarah Nelson Wright
Color, 7 minutes, 2013

English Kills Voyage journeys into the waters of the Newtown Creek – one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States – to explore the English Kills, a contaminated tributary located at the very end this toxic Superfund site. Filmed entirely using remote control boats, this film was a project of The Newtown Creek Armada, a public art project exploring the past, present and future of the Newtown Creek.

English Kills Voyage has been screened and exhibited at UnionDocs, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Greenpoint Film Festival, the Dumbo Arts Festival, Pioneer Works, and Swale.