ALMOST INVISIBLE ANGELS | featuring Mark Rylance - composed by Sam Lee, & violinist Anna Phoebe

To mark the Royal Entomological Society’s Insect Week, the literary campaign group Writers Rebel launches a stunning short film from environmental writer Jay Griffiths and artist-activist Gaby Solly, drawing attention to crashing insect populations across the globe.

Voiced by Sir Mark Rylance and filmed in the ruins of Tintern Abbey, Almost Invisible Angels shows people re-connecting with the tiny creatures that form a threatened link in the food chains we all depend on. Griffiths’ message that “Insects are – truly – the angels” celebrates the bounty that insects bring to us daily and almost invisibly, and urges us to cherish them. A score composed and performed by folk-singer, and Music Declares Emergency activist, Sam Lee, and violinist Anna Phoebe, echoes the deep grief and poignant hope present in Rylance’s powerful narration.