W : A Return to Oz

W : A Return to Oz

Where is W? What is W?

2025 · 35 min · Documentary, Music, Fantasy

Witness the rise and fall of The Warehouse, a rave venue from Plymouth and times gone by now reduced to a derelict shell. We explore its history, its people and the future. An amateur filmmaker-explorer finds the building in an empty derelict state, long after the prosperous life and energy it endured through the 90s. Through a combination of archives and stories of people who lived there, the film explores through the medium of analogue what once was and how even a now silent derelict shell can become the centre of the universe.

Directed by Daniel Howard-Baker

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