Museum of modern art presents kim longinotto popmatters. Apr 08, 2008 this idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. It won the best british feature at the britdoc festival in 2007. Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core. The film is distributed by women make movies wmm, the worlds leading distributor of independent films by and about women, including 14 films from kim longinotto awards. It is, like many of kim longinottos films, notable for its grace, compassion and oceanic depth. Hold me tight let me go 2007 rough aunties 2008 pink saris 2010. Find books like hold me tight from the worlds largest community of readers. Jan 04, 2009 hold me tight, let me go 2007, pictured left which has aired recently on uk television, is a powerful piece of work about the work of the mulberry bush school, for children who are severely emotionally and behaviourally disturbed. Kim longinottos unblinking camera captures an arduous process and a nearly. There was never quite the moment to tell kim just how inspirational she isfor me and for many filmmakers in the uk. Filmmaker kim longinotto offers an inside look at an unusual school for troubled. For the forty children who call it home, mulberry bush is their last chance. Mulberry bush school is an oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children who have been excluded from mainstream schools.
This is why hold me tight, let me go was such a painful film to make. Johnson is an international leader in the field of marriage and family therapy. Longinotto is just back from accompanying her latest film, hold me tight, let me go, at festivals around the world. Kim longinotto is renowned for her films looking at the lives of women around the world, and has been named the 2015 recipient of the bbc grierson trustees award. Kim longinotto born 1952 1 is a british documentary film maker, 2 well known for making films which highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. This book a collection of essays explores the roles of therapeutic communities and the creation of therapeutic environments as an effective method for working with traumatized and emotionally disturbed children. Hold me tight, let me go, longinottos examination of the treatment of troubled children at mulberry bush, presents another set of representational. Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world seen through the eyes of one of its survivors, brenda myerspowell. The noted british documentarian kim longinotto director of divorce iranian style and hold me tight, let me. Watch hold me tight, let me go now on your favorite device. He said no, this is for me, and he knew that the book was written for him as a sort of. Hold me tight, let me go was screened in competition at the 2007 amsterdam international documentary film festival. Kim longinotto was born in 1952 in london, england. She has worked around the world in countries including japan, iran, africa, india and the uk.
Without hesitation, the book i continually refer to is dr. Books similar to hold me tight goodreads share book. Kim longinotto films rebels and outsiders, from a family court in tehran to indian female pioneers. Hold me tight, let me go 2008 was filmed in a world almost as unfamiliar to most uk audiences as iranian divorce courts though much closer to home in the mulberry bush school in oxfordshire, a residential school for children with behavioural difficulties who have been excluded from mainstream schools longinotto plunges us into the stories of four boys aged eight and nine. The film is distributed by women make movies wmm, the worlds leading distributor of independent films by and about women, including 14 films from kim longinotto. This book offers a revolutionary new way to see and shape love relationships. Women make movies wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Heralded by the new york times and time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, emotionally focused therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond. Your guide to the most successful approach to building loving relationships by sue johnson isbn. Goodreads members who liked hold me tight also liked. At the 2007 international documentary festival in amsterdam idfa, hold me tight, let me go sold out an 850capacity cinema.
Emotionally traumatized children get a second chance in. If women have no rights, theyre the ones you want to make films about. The community nurse, fhardosa, told me, if you find it difficult, youll just have to leave because the work that im doing depends on good relationships in the community. The book by the renowned psychologist and nobel prize winner daniel kahneman is an exploration into.
Kim longinotto has been one of my favourite documentary filmmakers ever since i saw her 2005. Hold me tight, let me go 2007, pictured left which has aired recently on uk television, is a powerful piece of work about the work of the mulberry bush school, for children who are severely emotionally and behaviourally disturbed. K im longinotto tells me several times during our interview that she has very low selfesteem, adding that not being a very confident person may have helped. Watch the entire film online on the pbs video player through. This scene at the start of hold me tight, let me go lays out the complicated dilemmas without good answers that face students and staff daily at. In hold me tight, let me go, one of britains leading documentary filmmakers takes a verite look at oxfords mulberry bush school for emotionally disturbed children. The invisible woman kim longinotto the case for global film.
The next 5 films provide yet another eclectic mix of both narrative and nonfiction films, with the women standing firm behind the camera and the. You see these people actually bringing the change about. Longinotto regards this, in part, as a reflection of social trends. Hold me tight, let me go premiered on pbss pov series on july 28, 2009.
The book by the renowned psychologist and nobel prize winner daniel kahneman is an exploration into the mind and the play between our instinctual and reflective responses to the. A lot of documentary makers look down on tv the guardian. Hold me tight, let me go is set at englands mulberry bush school, founded by barbara dockardrysdale who developed unique methods for working with. Discussion guides offer background information about the film, a comprehensive list of organizations, websites and books recommended for further research and questions viewers can use to kickstart conversations about the themes and issues explored in hold me tight, let me go, as well as other pov films. British film on school for traumatized children to air. Hold me tight, let me go 2008 was filmed in a world almost as unfamiliar to most uk audiences as iranian divorce courts though much closer. And he had suffered because he was meant to spy on. Born kimona sallyanne longinotto landseer to an italian father and a welsh. Filmdoo are on the couch with documentary filmmaker kim longinotto part two where she talks about filming women and being a female filmmaker.
Hold me tight, let me go, set in the remarkable mulberry bush school in oxfordshire that deals with excluded and emotionally scarred children, was a rare excursion back on home soil. Hold me tight, let me go, premiers on pbs cinema without. One day he wandered into the library, where he came across a book by. Deep sleep music 247, insomnia, calm music, meditation, sleep therapy, relax, spa, study, sleep yellow brick cinema relaxing music 5,823 watching live now. Her films include rough aunties 2009, which won a world cinema jury prize at the sundance film festival, hold me tight, let me go 2007, sisters in law 2005, which won the prix art et essai at the cannes film festival, and divorce iranian style, which won a british academy of film and television arts award bafta. Due to the rapid spread of covid19, the tribeca film festival has been postponed. I coped more or less okay with the first girl, but the second girl really, really did me in because she grabbed onto my leg and was screaming. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love. K im longinotto tells me several times during our interview that she has very low selfesteem, adding that not being a very confident person may have helped her 30year career in. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection. Kim longinottos hold me tight, let me go international. Dec 03, 2007 hold me tight, let me go grapples with the subject of the mulberry bush school, an treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children. Sue johnson presents emotionally focused therapy to the general public for the first time. Hold me tight, let me go 2007 directorcinematographerproducer.
Hold me tight, let me go, longinotto s examination of the treatment of troubled children at mulberry bush, presents another set of representational. Hold me tight, let me go has its national broadcast premiere on tuesday, july 28, 2009, at 10 p. Although the subject matter could have resulted in an exploitative, sensational andor superficial film, helmer kim longinottos gift for unobtrusive. The stories, new ideas and exercises offered in hold me tight. Hold me tight, let me go is set at englands mulberry bush school, founded by barbara dockardrysdale who developed unique methods for working with children suffering through severe emotional trauma. Hold me tight, let me go is a production of films of record in association with the bbc. A former teenage prostitute, brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community. This feature doc is a very quiet film but one of the most beautiful, moving and masterful out there. In hold me tight, let me go, one of britains leading documentary filmmakers takes a. With warmth and humor, brenda gives hope to those who have none. When i saw that kims latest film, rough aunties, was in the same category.
She is a director and cinematographer, known for gaea girls 2000, sisters in law 2005 and pink saris 2010. Hold me tight, let me go grapples with the subject of the mulberry bush school, an treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children. The noted british documentarian kim longinotto director of divorce iranian style and hold me tight, let me go, among many others oversees one of those whirling carousels of dustedoff archive footage that serve to remind us what a busy and interesting place the. Hold me tight, let me go director kim longinotto release 2007 length 99 mins location south africa africa language english. Her films include rough aunties 2009, which won a world cinema jury prize at the sundance film festival, hold me tight, let me go 2007, sisters in law. I coped more or less okay with the first girl, but the second girl really, really did me. Love is all director interview with kim longinotto youtube. Aug 08, 2014 filmdoo are on the couch with documentary filmmaker kim longinotto part two where she talks about filming women and being a female filmmaker. People like the staff at the oxford school for emotionally disturbed children hold me tight dont let go, 2009 who do not get great recognition and do not get paid much but do amazing work. The organization has worked closely with the public broadcasting system, hunter college, the museum of modern art, and many other nycbased media arts organizations. The day i will never forget 2005 sisters in law 2007 hold me tight. This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. Over the last 15 years, she has pioneered significant research into what creates. They are telling their story through me, but it is about them and how great they are.
Kim longinotto, one of the foremost documentary filmmakers working today, is best known for filming womens stories in an observational style. Kim longinottos hold me tight, let me go by havana marking. Kim longinotto is a british documentary film maker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their. The noted british documentarian kim longinotto director of divorce iranian style and hold me tight, let me go, among many others oversees one of those whirling carousels of dustedoff archive footage that serve to remind us what a busy and interesting place the past was, and how much we miss. Awardwinning film maker kim longinotto on the struggle for funding. I could change the world, says a pugnacious charmer named alex. Hold me tight, let me go 2008 was filmed in a world almost as unfamiliar to most uk audiences as iranian divorce courts though much closer to home in the mulberry bush school in oxfordshire, a residential school for children with behavioural difficulties who have been excluded from mainstream schools. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. At the mulberry bush school in oxford, loving discipline counters anger and violence in troubled kids. Her many awardwinning films include divorce iranian style. View a list of links and books associated with hold me tight, let me go.
Longinottos triumph here is to weave all the different strands, of all of these different stories together. Not only can it help a relationship between two people be it a spouse, girlfriendboyfriend or other love relationship but it can help a person individually when theyre associating. As compassionately documented by acclaimed british filmmaker kim longinotto in classic verite style in hold me tight, let me go, the staff at mulberry eschews instruments of restraint, punitive. Hold me tight dont let go, 2009 who do not get great recognition and do not get paid much but do amazing work. This book a collection of essays explores the roles of.
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