The Last Taboo | Lights Out
ARIAS Nominated
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BEST FACTUAL - SINGLE PROGRAMME
ARIAS Nominated 〰️ BEST FACTUAL - SINGLE PROGRAMME
BBC Radio 4
ROLE: Production / Audio Composition
“We rarely speak about familial childhood sexual abuse. We should.
Through one woman's story, we hear how the silence surrounding childhood sexual abuse compounds trauma in ways that ripple through survivors' lives, touching and tainting relationships and experiences of parenthood, and leading to problems with mental health and addiction.
If we could talk about familial abuse more openly, could we help survivors, and make it more difficult for perpetrators to hide behind secrecy?
Too often, our mental health systems treat the symptoms of abuse and trauma rather than unlocking the cause. But if we continue to create worlds which permit and encourage silence, are we perpetrators too? Perhaps it's time to speak up.”
Featuring extracts from The Flying Child by Sophie Olson, founder of The Flying Child Project, and work by John Slater, co-founder of moMENtum.
Produced by Redzi Bernard and Phoebe McIndoe
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
“What @Redzi @PhoebeMcindoe
and @flying_project have conjured in this episode of @BBCRadio4’s Lights Out is breathtaking. A story steeped in pain, beautifully rendered. It’s been an honour to hear it take shape. Please listen tomorrow.”
“A powerful and beautifully made documentary by @Redzi
and @PhoebeMcindoe - just thank you.”
“Really powerful work from @Redzi and
@PhoebeMcindoe - listen.”
“Finally caught up with this incredible doc from @Redzi and @PhoebeMcindoe. I would encourage everyone to set aside some time when you can, with no distractions if possible and listen to the words of @flying_project”
“This documentary is one that I would encourage all to listen to - raw, honest, well thought out and beautifully put together.”
"A strand that knows exactly how to use audio is BBC Radio 4’s occasional documentary series Lights Out..."
Great to see both The Last Taboo (prod Redzi Bernard and Phoebe McIndoe) and Kaleidoscope (prod Arlie Arlington) featured in Miranda Sawyer's Observer column this morning.
Catch up with the latest series of Lights Out on BBC Sounds if you haven't already... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000176d