PACT is hosting a rare screening of the powerful documentary HOLLOWAY, followed by a Q&A with an expert panel, at the University of Reading on Wednesday 20th May.
HOLLOWAY is a profound, meditative, eye-opening and ultimately inspiring exploration of trauma and the immense human capacity for recovery. HOLLOWAY sees 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 explore what led them to prison, building an eye-opening portrait of systemic failure and trauma, while discovering their extraordinary capacity to heal through sisterhood.
Date: Wednesday 20th May
Time: Doors open 5.30pm, film 6.00pm, Q&A 7.30pm
Venue: Palmer Theatre, Reading University
Tickets: £5 per person
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Directed by BAFTA Breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson (Lollipop, Half Way) and EMMY-nominated Sophie Compton (Another Body), this deeply moving and transformational documentary feature was made via a unique process of a trauma-informed co-creation with six contributors: Aliyah Ali, Mandy Ogunmokun, Sarah Cassidy, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, and Tamar Mujanay. This group of talented, high-profile women run charities and use their lived-experience to call for change.
Kathryn Warner, Director of Community Services and Development said: “This film is especially poignant for PACT and its community as the challenges women in the prison system face intersect across all of PACT’s services.”
52% of women in prison were abused as children
70% of women reported they had experienced domestic abuse
31% were taken into care as children
Following the screening there will be a Q&A, hosted by CEO Natausha van Vliet and expert panellists including: Kathryn Warner -Director of Community Services and Development, Catherine Parfitt – Chief Inspector, Custody South, Thames Valley Police, and Mairead O’Hanlon – Senior Probation Officer, Women’s Strategic Lead.
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