Films – Beyond the mask and Gerry’s Legacy

Beyond the Mask – Grief During Covid (60 mins) - Made entirely during lockdown, and with the lived experience of grief under the Covid restrictions at its core, Beyond The Mask explores many aspects common to both grief and the pandemic – the isolation, a sense of time stopping, the loss of confidence, the damage to mental health and of course mask wearing and the various ways we are having to adjust to our “new normal”.

Gerry’s Legacy (45 mins) - One man’s story of dementia. Gerry Harris (92) has been admitted to a psychiatric ward for emergency respite care. His wife Pat has had a stroke and can no longer look after him. There are no permanent beds available in any of the local dementia homes so Gerry must stay in hospital until one becomes free. His daughter Jane visits him regularly and is disturbed by the lack of care or…