#tabitha jackson

With Warrior Spirit, a New Leader Pushes Sundance Forward

Written by Nicole Sperling Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, Tabitha Jackson, then the director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, was hosting the annual opening reception for documentary filmmakers at the festival in Park City, Utah. The British Jackson, who is mixed race and gay, took the stage, knowing many in the audience were unsettled by what had…

Random Acts Launch at the Baltic - 11th November 2013

Im super excited because I've been ask to talk at the Baltic Mill as part of the launch of Northern Film and Media's Random Acts films. I'm on a panel with Kirsty Wark, Tabitha Jackson and Alison Clark-Jenkins.

There's an amazing selection of films. One of which is by the brilliant filmmaker Maxy Bianco. I've linked to Another England, see above. His documentary work, like The Can House, documents the world you never see on TV. The true story of the forgotten inner cities. It breaks my heart when I see the landscape that Maxy focuses on because its identical to Anfield in Liverpool. Like Maxy, I really want to understand why these beloved streets and communities of the north have been destroyed over time. Nobody ever shows this side of life on TV. If they do its through the Hogarthian lens of comedy or horror. Maxy's views are pure. Like Loach. Caring for people and thier plights and above all trying to find an answer, an explanation.