Six women return to the now abandoned Holloway Prison to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they each unravel what led them to prison, building an eye-opening portrait of failing systems and trauma, while discovering their extraordinary capacity to heal through sisterhood.
Directed by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Daisy-May Hudson and EMMY nominated Sophie Compton, this deeply moving and transformational documentary feature was made via a unique process of a trauma-informed co-creation with six contributors, a group of incredibly talented, high profile women who are running charities and using their lived-experience to call for change. They are Aliyah Ali, Mandy Ogunmokun, Sarah Cassidy, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, and Tamar Mujanay.
The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Its international premiere was at Hot Docs Film Festival in Canada, in competition for the Academy Award Qualifying Best International Documentary.
HOLLOWAY is a profound, meditative, eye-opening and ultimately inspiring exploration of trauma and the immense human capacity for recovery.
Q&A DETAILS
June 18 - Picturehouse Central - hosted by Daddyless Daughters, Becoming Unchained and Treasures Foundation: with contributors Aliyah Ali, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, Sarah Cassidy, Mandy Ogunmokun, and Tamar Mujanay alongside directors Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson.
June 20 - Finsbury Park - Q&A with contributors Aliyah Ali, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, Sarah Cassidy, Mandy Ogunmokun, and Tamar Mujanay alongside directors Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson, and also Maggie Walsh from A Fairer Chance and a representative from Community Plan 4 Holloway.
June 23 - Epsom - co-hosted by Women in Prison and the Mary Frances Trust: with Karryn Robinson, Women in Prison programme manager and Megan Siarey from Mary Frances Trust, in conversation with director Sophie Compton.
June 24 - Cambridge: Q&A with academics Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe and Daria Przybylska from the University of Cambridge's Institute of Criminology, in conversation with director Sophie Compton.
June 25 - Oxford - co-hosted with leading academic Dr Shona Minson from the University of Oxford:.with survivor and campaigner Lilly Lewis who is trustee for the Agenda Alliance, in conversation with director Sophie Compton and producer Polly Creed.
June 29 - Cameo - hosted by Reclaim The Frame: with co-director Sophie Compton.
July 2 - Chester: - Q&A with Faye Dunn from National Prison Radio and the film's director Daisy-May Hudson.
July 4 - Liverpool - hosted by Reclaim The Frame's Impact Producer Sammy Holden: with director Daisy-May Hudson and producer Polly Creed.
July 5 - Hackney - hosted by Reclaim The Frame's Head of Campaigns Flo Cartwright: with director Sophie Compton and five of the film’s contributors.
July 9 - Southampton - co-hosted with One Small Thing: a special Q&A
July 10 - Brighton - Reclaim the Frame's Impact Producer Rui Jin: with director Daisy-May Hudson and producer Polly Creed.
