Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go

Synopsis: Mulberry Bush School is an Oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children, who have been excluded from mainstream schools. Filmmaker Kim Longinotto captures the inner life of Mulberry Bush, focusing especially on the stories of three boys, Michael, Ben and Alex, all struggling at a different stages of development, but all of them linked by the experience of having to endure great sadness. Avoiding sensationalism, the violence a boy is capable of is never construed as his true nature, but as something to be overcome - with the help of their extremely patient tutors.

"The main reason I wanted to shoot is that when the kids misbehave, the teachers don’t punish them but try to find out why they are acting in such a way. The driving idea behind the school is to "mend the hurt of the outside world."
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Education; Social welfare
Keywords: emotionally disturbed children; special needs education

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