Maesteg | Welsh Short Documentary by Theodore Tennant | Short of the Week

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Stumpy drives taxis. He’s been driving taxis in Maesteg, an ex-mining town in the Welsh Valleys, for over 20 years. A lot has changed. This short documentary follows a day in Stumpy’s life as he picks up his regular fares and journeys to the heart of life in the Valleys.
A Featured Short Documentary Selection on Short of the Week:
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"Wales voted leave in the pivotal BREXIT vote, and 2 years in, hasn't changed their mind. This isn't a political film by any stretch-it's a gentle, frequently funny, observational documentary, but this sort of verité look at the forgotten communities of Wales is very much a needed perspective when trying to understanding modern Europe". - S/W
www.theodoretennant.com
Filmed & Directed : Theodore Tennant
Produced : Tom Tennant
Executive for the BFI : Matimba Kabalika
Executive producer for the BBC : Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer for Wingspan Productions : Deborah Lee
Editor : Leila Gaabi
Composer : Alex Jefferies
Sound Design & Dubbing Mix : Fred Pearson
Colourist : Brendan Buckingham
Post Production Producers : Laura Harris & Dan Kreeger

Пікірлер: 71

  • @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
    @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp3 жыл бұрын

    I played for Wasps RFC U21’s against Maesteg years ago. It was like gladiatorial combat with the whole town turning out to watch us get a kicking. Brutal place. They were great in the bar afterwards. Lovely people.

  • @PositiveRaincloud
    @PositiveRaincloud7 ай бұрын

    Lived in Maesteg almost my whole life, but sadly moved away when my granny who I was caring for passed away. I used to always go up the mountains there. I miss Caerau WENDELLS chips so much...

  • @tompowell218
    @tompowell2185 жыл бұрын

    After watching this you start to realise how strange and sometimes depressing maesteg is. Big up Steve too, best taxi driver going

  • @shortoftheweek

    @shortoftheweek

    5 жыл бұрын

    We had to look on a map just to figure out where it was! Apparently so did the filmmaker. Check out our review linked in the description box for the full account!

  • @pastytit

    @pastytit

    4 жыл бұрын

    Depressing people making it bad for the rest. Calling maesteg it a shit hole and doing nothing about it instead of looking at the good side. Spoiled we are. Some people would love to live here.

  • @ChelseaLupkin
    @ChelseaLupkin5 жыл бұрын

    I was thoroughly charmed by this short!

  • @BenDPB
    @BenDPB5 жыл бұрын

    I've just moved to Maesteg from Luton and we love it, we lived in an area that regularly had stabbings and gangs roaming around so this for us is bliss.

  • @kevinbayliss8033

    @kevinbayliss8033

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just moving from Hemel Hempstead to here.

  • @pastytit

    @pastytit

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely town.

  • @belafistric1437

    @belafistric1437

    4 жыл бұрын

    bloody hell, quite a change from luton to maesteg!

  • @dhammo749

    @dhammo749

    3 жыл бұрын

    Visit the station hotel .tell um moose sent yer .

  • @at5297

    @at5297

    Жыл бұрын

    Migrants, I take it?

  • @logandahne6117
    @logandahne611710 ай бұрын

    Honest maybe brutal documentary .........and most beautiful too ......and the humour second to none. Tough people who are in the moment and sincere. Born near there for first 20 years of my life .........and miss it /them the people who make this place special xxx

  • @veegerman6135
    @veegerman61352 жыл бұрын

    My auntie lived in Caerau, my uncle lived on the Tudor Estate. I recall the days of full employment when the pits were in production. A visit with my uncle to Coegnant is an experience that I'll never forget. But, as the film expresses so eloquently, all that is gone. so sad .

  • @AnthonyVassallo
    @AnthonyVassallo5 жыл бұрын

    Tremendous. Touching.

  • @davidthomas8733
    @davidthomas87335 жыл бұрын

    maesteg is splendid

  • @thpxs0554
    @thpxs05549 ай бұрын

    I was in Portland borstal 1983/84 with a lot of welsh lads. There was a boxer from Maesteg called Steve, and another lad, really nice bloke, the accent was harsher than say Tredegar or Merthyr. Seemed to be a lot of rivalry between them especially Swansea and Cardiff.

  • @5freakingkids
    @5freakingkids3 жыл бұрын

    LOVE THIS TOWN❤️

  • @soultaff
    @soultaff3 жыл бұрын

    Shite , I miss “ gods country 😭 “ diolch yn fawr iwan cymru ❤️🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. So proud of my country 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 xxx !

  • @eileenpritchard9154

    @eileenpritchard9154

    3 ай бұрын

    I miss Glyncorrwg,left at 15 for work but it's still home to me,my family are buried in Cymmer, God bless them🌹🪻💐💐💐

  • @thecentralclub
    @thecentralclub Жыл бұрын

    We need to find this man!

  • @markjones336
    @markjones3363 жыл бұрын

    I was a miner,17yrs,not far from there.Great biking roads!(motorbikes)👍

  • @gaff66tube40
    @gaff66tube403 жыл бұрын

    A lot of that scenery footage is around Aber/Blaengwynfi and the top of the Afan valley and Bwlch

  • @keithjones5365
    @keithjones5365 Жыл бұрын

    Good people trying their best in a tough place 😍

  • @ABCDEF-yf4yu
    @ABCDEF-yf4yu3 жыл бұрын

    I have driven an Austin Maestro in Maesteg when I visited the town over 20 years ago.

  • @pastytit
    @pastytit4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely town stunning place to live. Not a shit hole as some say.

  • @pb4378
    @pb43782 жыл бұрын

    This is a really powerful documentary. 25 years ago, I used to live in church village, near Pontypridd, I worked in Cardiff and Newport. Does anyone remember that ill-fated LG Semicon factory in Newport.. The past 20 years, I’ve lived in Australia. It’s sad and confronting to see this documentary, but I really respect that it’s being honest and not shying away from the truth… Boris Johnson/Tory Westminster seems a million miles away… I find it hard to accept that wealth in Britain is so skewed. Good people in this video are British citizens, yes they are struggling with massive social and economic problems. Surely Wales is better off supporting itself in terms of government? I originally come from Ireland, so I’ve got a good sense of independence and understanding how important it is for people to be able to speak to their political representatives and get the issues that matter to them spoken about in parliament…

  • @96johnboy
    @96johnboy24 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed that

  • @MrSalvia18
    @MrSalvia183 жыл бұрын

    I Love stuff like this ☺️

  • @adamturner1563
    @adamturner15634 жыл бұрын

    Loved it. I didnt live far from this Taxi driver once.

  • @SeriouslyJaded
    @SeriouslyJaded5 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Maesteg - this hardly shows Maesteg at all. Most of the views are from areas outside of the town.

  • @mr.noseybonk8716

    @mr.noseybonk8716

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, even showed parts of the Bolch, way away from Maesteg lol

  • @brandonchippendale8398
    @brandonchippendale8398 Жыл бұрын

    great video, from hereford

  • @sandrafinbar
    @sandrafinbar4 жыл бұрын

    I liked it. Will you make any other films.

  • @Alexxxxxyz1
    @Alexxxxxyz14 жыл бұрын

    Great video. What made you choose Maesteg to film?

  • @susek44
    @susek44 Жыл бұрын

    I worked in village called Carau near maesteg in 1994 for about a month. I was from Bristol and it was like a totally different country and culture for me .

  • @crywlf9103

    @crywlf9103

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s because it is a different country and culture

  • @ynysmones3816

    @ynysmones3816

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@crywlf9103exactly!

  • @richardr2716

    @richardr2716

    Ай бұрын

    You didn’t work in a village called carau near maesteg at all as it’s actually called Caerau and it is maesteg not a village near😂

  • @susek44

    @susek44

    Ай бұрын

    @@richardr2716 it was 1994 and I was only there for month . So a distant memory and not that good at Welsh Town and Village names. I remember a place near by called Nantyfifinonn and Pontydifefenon . You can correct me on that to😅

  • @dunk8157
    @dunk81573 жыл бұрын

    Great film. I really like Maesteg, people actually talk to you there, and theres lovely mountains and smell of coal smoke from the houses. I do find it weird everytime I visit and then drive back eastward and I start to get surrounded on the motorway by flash German cars and I know in London its a completely different world.

  • @lovinglife6526
    @lovinglife65263 жыл бұрын

    It’s butty and mun, not bud and man, only the welsh know this mun, now in a minute, 😂 I miss Wales, try to get back as much as I can

  • @bampitony6108
    @bampitony61083 жыл бұрын

    Nice butt keep it going..Proud to be Welsh..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @leeknocker1737
    @leeknocker17374 жыл бұрын

    Anybody know any Enochs from Maesteg or caerau

  • @carson2818
    @carson28189 ай бұрын

    We know the taxi driver

  • @kushcloud420
    @kushcloud4203 жыл бұрын

    1:41 looks a bit like bargoid forgive me if spelt wrong I'm from Caerphilly don't go there often my aunty and cousins live there lol

  • @brokenbritain1930
    @brokenbritain19304 жыл бұрын

    What a sad sad place. But at the same time amazing really. From bristol and I’m always fascinated about life else where, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Wales, amazing places. Idc what anyone else says they are deprived and bad or whatever ppl say about it but they’re the best places in the world

  • @killtheZOG
    @killtheZOG Жыл бұрын

    God bless my people

  • @ynysmones3816

    @ynysmones3816

    11 ай бұрын

    I know what you're about. We're not antisemites or racists in Maesteg. It's a decent working class community full of people who are real and welcoming and don't judge.

  • @Daibowmorgan
    @Daibowmorgan3 жыл бұрын

    Steve/Stumpy, you remember me , Dai Morgan, a love rival for a miss Avril Thomas ? .....

  • @tommyhassan3545
    @tommyhassan3545 Жыл бұрын

    I used to play rugby against maesteg Quins and maesteg Celtic yrs ago fucking headers

  • @kayerk
    @kayerk4 ай бұрын

    4:08 It's a shame he felt the need to litter in such a beautiful area. Take some pride where you live man!

  • @kimberleymorris8052
    @kimberleymorris80523 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is a shit hole!! I’ve lived here since I was born can’t wait to leave

  • @gosunkugi

    @gosunkugi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, Kimberly, we can't wait till you leave as well ;)

  • @darrenparke67

    @darrenparke67

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you leave yet?

  • @tiannapryce7008
    @tiannapryce70085 жыл бұрын

    Summary- it’s proper shite mait

  • @kimberleymorris8052

    @kimberleymorris8052

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who lives there YES yes it is

  • @bricktop2785
    @bricktop27853 жыл бұрын

    Girls are red hot in Maesteg

  • @adamturner1563

    @adamturner1563

    Жыл бұрын

    BOLLOX.

  • @bricktop2785

    @bricktop2785

    Жыл бұрын

    @adamturner1563 they've been slammed more times than taxi doors trust me I've done the rounds over there

  • @adamturner1563

    @adamturner1563

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣! Had my share lol

  • @bricktop2785

    @bricktop2785

    Жыл бұрын

    @adamturner1563 I've blown a few Missiles over there Lad

  • @richardr2716

    @richardr2716

    Ай бұрын

    Your balls and cock will be red hot too u sleep with the majority of girls from maesteg

  • @minamayes1529
    @minamayes15294 жыл бұрын

    This short is really boring.

  • @truthseeker7287
    @truthseeker72872 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed that

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