It is, like many of kim longinottos films, notable for its grace, compassion and oceanic depth. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection. For the forty children who call it home, mulberry bush is their last chance. Longinottos triumph here is to weave all the different strands, of all of these different stories together. 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. Hold me tight, let me go is a production of films of record in association with the bbc.
The noted british documentarian kim longinotto director of divorce iranian style and hold me tight, let me. Deep sleep music 247, insomnia, calm music, meditation, sleep therapy, relax, spa, study, sleep yellow brick cinema relaxing music 5,823 watching live now. 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. Kim longinotto, one of the foremost documentary filmmakers working today, is best known for filming womens stories in an observational style. Filmmaker kim longinotto offers an inside look at an unusual school for troubled. In hold me tight, let me go, one of britains leading documentary filmmakers takes a. Hold me tight dont let go, 2009 who do not get great recognition and do not get paid much but do amazing work. Hold me tight, let me go is set at englands mulberry bush school, founded by barbara dockardrysdale who developed unique methods for working with.
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. Hold me tight, let me go premiered on pbss pov series on july 28, 2009. Watch the entire film online on the pbs video player through. Hold me tight, let me go, longinotto s examination of the treatment of troubled children at mulberry bush, presents another set of representational. They are telling their story through me, but it is about them and how great they are. Due to the rapid spread of covid19, the tribeca film festival has been postponed.
Love is all director interview with kim longinotto youtube. The book by the renowned psychologist and nobel prize winner daniel kahneman is an exploration into. Goodreads members who liked hold me tight also liked. 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. 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. 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. Over the last 15 years, she has pioneered significant research into what creates. Longinotto regards this, in part, as a reflection of social trends. Kim longinottos unblinking camera captures an arduous process and a nearly. Find books like hold me tight from the worlds largest community of readers.
And he had suffered because he was meant to spy on. Watch hold me tight, let me go now on your favorite device. 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. 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. Hold me tight, let me go was screened in competition at the 2007 amsterdam international documentary film festival.
The invisible woman kim longinotto the case for global film. Kim longinotto was born in 1952 in london, england. Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core. March 6, 2020 women make movies is thrilled to announce that twelve films from wmm current and alum filmmakers will be premiering at the tribeca film festival april 1526, 2020. Hold me tight, let me go 2007 directorcinematographerproducer. 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. At the mulberry bush school in oxford, loving discipline counters anger and violence in troubled kids. 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. 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. 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. View a list of links and books associated with hold me tight, let me go. At the 2007 international documentary festival in amsterdam idfa, hold me tight, let me go sold out an 850capacity cinema. 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. A lot of documentary makers look down on tv the guardian.
Hold me tight, let me go, longinottos examination of the treatment of troubled children at mulberry bush, presents another set of representational. 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. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their. In hold me tight, eft pioneer dr sue johnson presents her highly effective therapy model to the general public for the first time. This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world.
Hold me tight let me go 2007 rough aunties 2008 pink saris 2010. Nov 01, 2015 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. Her many awardwinning films include divorce iranian style. Kim longinotto has been one of my favourite documentary filmmakers ever since i saw her 2005. Kim longinotto is a british documentary film maker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Filmdoo are on the couch with documentary filmmaker kim longinotto part two where she talks about filming women and being a female filmmaker. Many people ask me if i can recommend a marriage book for them. 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.
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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. The stories, new ideas and exercises offered in hold me tight. Hold me tight, let me go grapples with the subject of the mulberry bush school, an treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children. Without hesitation, the book i continually refer to is dr. She has worked around the world in countries including japan, iran, africa, india and the uk.
A former teenage prostitute, brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community. 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. Hold me tight, let me go has its national broadcast premiere on tuesday, july 28, 2009, at 10 p. This is why hold me tight, let me go was such a painful film to make.
Your guide to the most successful approach to building loving relationships by sue johnson isbn. 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, premiers on pbs cinema without. Emotionally traumatized children get a second chance in. Mulberry bush school is an oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children who have been excluded from mainstream schools. 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. Sue johnson presents emotionally focused therapy to the general public for the first time. Longinotto is just back from accompanying her latest film, hold me tight, let me go, at festivals around the world.
I could change the world, says a pugnacious charmer named alex. 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. You see these people actually bringing the change about. Museum of modern art presents kim longinotto popmatters. Although the subject matter could have resulted in an exploitative, sensational andor superficial film, helmer kim longinottos gift for unobtrusive. This book offers a revolutionary new way to see and shape love relationships. The organization has worked closely with the public broadcasting system, hunter college, the museum of modern art, and many other nycbased media arts organizations. It won the best british feature at the britdoc festival in 2007. If women have no rights, theyre the ones you want to make films about.
This book a collection of essays explores the roles of. 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. Books similar to hold me tight goodreads share book. 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. One day he wandered into the library, where he came across a book by. 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.
The day i will never forget 2005 sisters in law 2007 hold me tight. 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. Johnson is an international leader in the field of marriage and family therapy. She is a director and cinematographer, known for gaea girls 2000, sisters in law 2005 and pink saris 2010.
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. With warmth and humor, brenda gives hope to those who have none. 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. Seven conversations for a lifetime of love is primarily focused on helping couples who are going through a rough patch, but it is so much more. 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. I coped more or less okay with the first girl, but the second girl really, really did me.
Kim longinottos hold me tight, let me go international. 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. Apr 08, 2008 this idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. 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.
When i saw that kims latest film, rough aunties, was in the same category. Hold me tight, let me go director kim longinotto release 2007 length 99 mins location south africa africa language english. 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. Born kimona sallyanne longinotto landseer to an italian father and a welsh. Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world seen through the eyes of one of its survivors, brenda myerspowell. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. British film on school for traumatized children to air. This feature doc is a very quiet film but one of the most beautiful, moving and masterful out there. He said no, this is for me, and he knew that the book was written for him as a sort of.
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