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Films
found one film
Region
“British-Irish Isles”
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Keywords
“Health Healthcare Healing”
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Directors
“Longinotto, Kim”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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Region
British-Irish Isles
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Country
United Kingdom
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Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Directors
Longinotto, Kim
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Series
not set
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Country of production
United Kingdom
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Year of production
2007
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Colour / Black and white
Film
Hold Me Tight Let Me Go
2007
99
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
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*The main reason I wanted to shoot is that when the kids misbehave, the teachers don’t punish them but try to find out why they are acting in such a way. The driving idea behind the school is to “mend the hurt of the outside world.”* (Kim Longinotto) Mulberry Bush School is an Oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children, who have been excluded from mainstream schools. Longinotto captures the inner life of Mulberry Bush, focusing especially on the stories of three boys, Michael, Ben and Alex, all struggling at a different stages of development, but all of them linked by the experience, of having to endure great sadness. Avoiding sensationalism, the violence a boy is capable of is never construed as his true nature, but as something to be overcome – with the help of their extremely patient tutors.
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Health / Health care / Healing