Film-makers are teaming up on a documentary to protest against the threatened closure of libraries across Somerset.
Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis has pledged his support and will be one of the many people from across the area interviewed for the filming.
Glastonbury-based Kevin Redpath, producer, writer and presenter, and film-makers Ken Kutsch and Garfield Kennedy, have approached film editor Martin Wells and Julian Fellowes for support.
Mr Fellowes created the upstairs downstairs drama, Downton Abbey, wrote the script for Gosford Park, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay in 2002.
Mr Kennedy said he had support from Dame Judi Dench, who would have been involved had she not had filming commitments in Los Angeles.
Directed by Mr Kennedy, the production is being produced by Mr Redpath and Mr Kutsch for screening on the internet, in cinemas and made available to broadcasters. The finished production is due for release at the end of January.
The film will feature a series of vox pops – giving people the chance to say how important their libraries and books are to them.
The filming will be focused on Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet – two of the towns whose libraries are under threat.
Mr Kennedy said: "We have already chosen several key people to come along and have their say, based on their experiences and strong feelings about libraries – but everyone is welcome to come along and be involved.
"We are not trying to get at Somerset County Council, which obviously has some serious financial problems to solve. We are trying to highlight there must be alternative solutions before such a drastic step as closing libraries is taken which is such a permanent and so totally unacceptable step."
Filming takes place at Tor Leisure Centre in Glastonbury on Monday from 2-8pm, and at the Paul Street Community Centre in Shepton Mallet from 2-8pm on Wednesday.
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