Louder Than Words (2018)

Documentary short looking at a group of Silent Generation women who have spent decades serving another voiceless and overlooked part of the population: new mothers. With an average age of 70, the women at Bluebirds Playgroup voluntarily provide vital community services for children (and, equally, their carers). In an era of prolonged austerity and increasing social isolation, their work is essential and yet largely ignored at a regional and national level - their ceaseless contribution taken for granted. As the next generation is forced to monetize and publicize to survive, who will pick up the baton once these extraordinary women have gone? This poignant documentary short was selected as a Finalist at the BAFTA Nespresso New Talents 2018, "The Difference She Makes."