Apr 8, 2021
Jerry Rothwell
Jerry Rothwell is a filmmaker whose work includes the award-winning feature documentaries: The Reason I Jump, based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida; How To Change The World, about the founders of Greenpeace; Sour Grapes (co-directed with Reuben Atlas) a film about a wine counterfeiter Town of Runners, about two girls in an Ethiopian village who aspire to be athletes; Donor Unknown, about a sperm donor and his many offspring; School In The Cloud, about radical educationalist, Sugata Mitra; Heavy Load, about a group of people with learning disabilities who form a punk band, and Deep Water (co-directed with Louise Osmond), about Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated voyage in the 1968 round the world yacht race. His work has won numerous accolades including two Grierson Awards, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, an RTS Award, the IDA Pare Lorentz Award and a BAFTA nomination.
Jerry and I talk about the creative process and there is much in here to inspire us to create. Jerry’s work is wonderful and original and takes the viewer into areas that are not what we expect and we talk about this
To see Jerrys work and find out more go to
https://jerryrothwell.com/films/
https://jerryrothwell.com/category/blog/
https://jerryrothwell.com/about/
To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music