17/11/2021

Tales from the Front Line - Part 2: NHS Mental Health Worker

'Tales from the Front Line ... and other stories' documents the contribution of Black workers at the front line of the Covid-19 crisis, using verbatim interviews, and creating a lasting historical record available online at talawa.com. The 'Tales from the Front Line' interviews were a space for Black workers to share their experiences, their concerns and their hopes for the future. The second film sees Sapphire Joy (J’Ouvert, Theatre503; Casualty), directed by Kwame Asiedu, share the words of an NHS recovery worker. Frustrated by the racial bias in the medical treatment of Black people, she finds herself further exhausted by performative gratitude during the pandemic, when there was little public outcry at the government’s failure to give NHS workers pay rises. Black artists and creatives have then used the real-world testimonies to create six dramatised pieces of work using music, movement, photography and soundscapes to convey the story. The films were made between August 2020 and February 2021.

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