Starting in acting, director/actor Jo Southwell made her debut short in 2012, Holding On, and has been hooked ever since. Winning many awards for her shorts (Deirdre, Cover Me, The GunMan and Entrance No Exit), she talks to Exeposé Screen about her upcoming feature and projects as well as being a woman in the film […]
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Every breath you take
As we all well know, air pollution is the result of the release of various harmful gases that negatively impact the environment, like Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Particulate Matter (PM) and other pollutants. In 2014, Europe had an estimated 500,000 premature deaths due to abysmal air quality, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA) […]
Documentary Review – Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory
With a vacant, expressionless look in his eyes and his head wilted to one side, Henry feels the headphones as they are gently positioned on his head. As the 1930s swing jazz music plays, a sudden energy awakens inside him. or this moment it is as though he is without Alzheimer’s and back in his […]
Dementia dissected
Ranking in the top ten highest mortality rates in upper income countries, killing more people than prostate and breast cancer combined, with no prevention, cure or way of slowing the symptoms, dementia has affected the lives of millions. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, there are currently 850,000 patients in the UK alone. With an ageing […]