Documentary
What Does Normal Look Like? (Whitson & Moody, 2023)
Film status: released and available to view online, here. (password: thezone2020)
Film, Runtime: 71 minutes, co-created with Colin Moody
Synopsis: “Your whole delusional dream of June being the day everything goes back to normality is a f***ing facade, fam.”
A collaborative documentary exploring lockdown's effect on Bristol’s culture - day and night.
Pieces of the lockdown experience, captured by a variety of Bristol artists, are woven into the fabric of this film - creating a collage form documentary which represents the biggest psychological and irrevocable change of our lifetime, a powerful moment where some of us realised what we need as a collective society, finding out what we really were and what we really need to live.
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Vehicle (Whitson)
Film status: in production
Film, Runtime: N/A
Synopsis: Shortly before new European legislation is passed which ensures artists are satisfying political requirements, a band tours through a Europe on the brink of war, fascism and isolationism, discovering the spaces and communities which are providing refuge.
I’m Sentenced but I’m Still Free (Whitson & Moody, scheduled 2026)
Film status: scheduled for screening and online release in 2026.
Film, Runtime: N/A
Synopsis: A mother and daughter remain connected through poetry and letter-writing while the daughter serves a 5 year sentence for a political and unprecedented riot charge persecution from the Police, Crime, and Sentencing Bill of 2020.
The Eucalyptus Effect (Whitson & Campbell)
Film status: pre-production
Film, Runtime: N/A
Synopsis: Project exploring the historical co-opting of the Eucalpytus species for colonial and neo-colonial gains.