Losing children
A Love That Never Dies
Directed by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds
Certificate 12A, 75 Minutes
Released 18 May
Parenting is not the easiest job in the world at the best of times. But what if the unthinkable happens? What do you do if one of your children dies? How do you cope?
Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds found themselves in that position when their 22-year-old son Joshua died travelling around Vietnam in 2013. Someone stepped out in front of his motorbike and that was it. Struggling to come to terms with his death, they travelled not only to the site of the accident but also across the US in search of other bereaved parents, a journey in memory of their son. En route, they made a documentary film out of the experience.
In the footage and voice-over, the couple describe the different ways they struggled or coped. [Read more…]
To find screenings or organise a one-off local screening, please contact the filmmakers through their website alovethatneverdiesfilm.com.
Review originally published in Reform magazine.
Trailer:
Visit The Good Grief Project website. To set up a screening of the film near you, please contact the film-makers.
