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The nice white people at the back of the bus | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. The nice white people at the back of the bus. July 25, 2015. Awaiting capacity in Kingston, which was nearing double this by the time we pulled away. Oscar, who you can just about make out half way up the right hand side, was moved to the back and squished between me, Ren, Steph and a load of life-sized sacks of dried goods soon after I took this. But I digress. Because our little family is not only mixed race but like the families of countless ...
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Going back to the future through personal archives | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. Going back to the future through personal archives. January 11, 2015. Me and my brother Oscar, captured in a slide from a long-forgotten show, pulled out from a drawer full of memories. Exciting news to say the least: my whole body shook as I booked the tickets, as the idea of returning home something I have (literally) dreamt of doing since I came to England as a child became a future reality. Felt in the past. It’s a bit like climbing into a t...
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We’re all made of stories | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. We’re all made of stories. December 12, 2014. Anansi the storytelling spider travelled to the Caribbean from West Africa, smuggled over on the slave ships in the oral traditions of the people that were their cargo. Image: page detail from ‘Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti’ by Gerald McDermott. Memories. And right here, right now, in 2014, Jamaica exists largely as an imagined space, a place we once were. So what does that mean for ...What ...
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mobayjessica82 | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. The nice white people at the back of the bus. July 25, 2015. Awaiting capacity in Kingston, which was nearing double this by the time we pulled away. Oscar, who you can just about make out half way up the right hand side, was moved to the back and squished between me, Ren, Steph and a load of life-sized sacks of dried goods soon after I took this. But I digress. Because our little family is not only mixed race but like the families of countless ...
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May | 2015 | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. Allowing the dust to settle. May 15, 2015. Ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica, hard and unripened on the tree. 8220;When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.” – Rumi. It’s been two months since my last post. I never imagined it would be that long. I could blame being busy, there’s truth in that, but largely the reason for delay is a physical resistance to sitting down to write. Why? I remember the puz...
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News releases | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. Bristol-based writer and daughter of Jamaican Escapologist embarks on ambitious new project. Oscar and Jessica at the St Pauls Carnival 2013. Jessica Neill, Bristol-based writer and daughter of the late Magician and Escapologist, Bunny Neill, aims to raise 5,000 in just 30 days to shoot ‘Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round’, a documentary film about home. When I leave Jamaica this time, I want to bring it back with me in a way that I wasn’t able to as a ch...
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The nice white people at the back of the bus | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. The nice white people at the back of the bus. July 25, 2015. Awaiting capacity in Kingston, which was nearing double this by the time we pulled away. Oscar, who you can just about make out half way up the right hand side, was moved to the back and squished between me, Ren, Steph and a load of life-sized sacks of dried goods soon after I took this. But I digress. Because our little family is not only mixed race but like the families of countless ...
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The power of crowds | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. The power of crowds. March 10, 2015. Me and Oscar at St Paul’s Carnival 2013. Soon we’ll be back in the carnival motherland! It’s been a long time since my last post; we’ve just been so busy with and absorbed by our crowdfunding campaign on. 5,000 is the very minimum amount we need to make this film professionally and do justice to the stories we are telling. So we’re forging ahead with focus and fearlessness. The art of asking. It must be love.
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The elephant in the English room | Pick Me Up & Turn Me Round
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Pick Me Up and Turn Me Round. A documentary about home. The elephant in the English room. June 8, 2015. High contrast: Jamaica’s national flower, bold and unassuming in the garden at Green Hills. 8220;Cry and remember, please remember” –. British light is relatively muted. There are days (often in summer but they come in autumn, spring and winter too) when the sky screams blue almost as loudly as any tropical country, but not quite, never quite. Winter sunsets bring drama. There are few things I love...
