This is no ordinary holiday. Each day something changes me, makes me feel and think differently. It is good to learn something everyday, and grow. Today I went to Flourmill Studios in Newtown, to the office of Iris Pictures and there I watched a 50 minute documentary about Alix, a girl with a radiant beauty that masks unimaginable pain. The writer and director of this film is Alix's half-sister, my friend Jessica Douglas-Henry, and it is a courageous and moving exploration of their journey to cope with the unexpected suicide of their teenage brother James. Not a conventional holiday activity but a strangely positive experience that will stay with me all my life. This is a taboo that needs to be broken, a story to be heard, a film to be seen. I have a copy.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
James
This is no ordinary holiday. Each day something changes me, makes me feel and think differently. It is good to learn something everyday, and grow. Today I went to Flourmill Studios in Newtown, to the office of Iris Pictures and there I watched a 50 minute documentary about Alix, a girl with a radiant beauty that masks unimaginable pain. The writer and director of this film is Alix's half-sister, my friend Jessica Douglas-Henry, and it is a courageous and moving exploration of their journey to cope with the unexpected suicide of their teenage brother James. Not a conventional holiday activity but a strangely positive experience that will stay with me all my life. This is a taboo that needs to be broken, a story to be heard, a film to be seen. I have a copy.
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