You May not be an Angel – The Clod Ensemble, London 2004

Helen Marshall was commissioned to make this film with members of the Claremont Day Centre. This soon developed into a more daring intervention where participants invited Helen to follow them to their homes and conduct the interviews there in private.

One man, Peter revealed that this was the first time anyone had stepped inside his home; ” I never bring anyone here, I never do….I’m too untidy ”. The film is framed from beginning to end by the mile long journey made by Sid to the supermarket once a week; traversing the cumbersome streets of East London. Here, the reality of being elderly and vulnerable in the city is laid bare. Either melancholic and joyful each compelling story is bound together by an undeniable sense of ‘joie de vivre’ .

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Supported by The Cripplegate Foundation and Homefront Recall (Big Lottery Fund)

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