The Highly Regarded Documentary Isolation comes to The Lamp

Mar 4, 12:29 PM by Kate Taylor

Tuesday 23rd March
7.30pm (main feature starts at 8pm)
The Lamp – Hull
Tickets £2, available on the door

Continuing its mission to showcase new and exciting films from across the world, Hull Film will bring astounding documentary ISOLATION.

The film deals with the scandalous statistic that a quarter of British ex-soldiers sleep rough after they return home. An impressionistic portrait of the emotional and physical aftermath of war, the film follows photographer and ex-soldier Stuart Griffiths as he travels across England uncovering the stories behind the military statistics. This bold documentary explores the personal demons and uncertain futures faced by soldiers leaving the army.

Griffiths now photographs the 25% of British soldiers who find themselves on the streets after they leave active service. ISOLATION eschews gritty realism, and goes for a dreamy and visually stunning aesthetic that is absolutely riveting. Griffiths is an engaging narrator and the people he interviews (including injured soldier Simon Brown in an astounding middle section) are honest and forthcoming.

The screening will be the last Hull Film screening before GLIMMER: The Hull International Short Film Festival in association with the University of Hull. Running from 19th-25th April, the festival promises to bring some of the very best short films in the world alongside a number of special guests and wonderful surprises.