Hastings Smugglers, a film by Nick Bloomfield

Hastings Smugglers, a film by Nick Bloomfield · a mix of docmentary, live action, animation and songs telling the story of smuggling in Hastings

Hastings Smugglers is a vivid, occasionally darkly comic journey through England's long love–hate relationship with smuggling, told through the lens of Hastings and the Sussex/Kent coast—where contraband wasn't just a crime, it was an economy, a culture and sometimes a form of survival. Set against the chaos of the Georgian era (1714–1837)—a time of wars, crushing taxation, and rampant corruption