My Darling Christopher

MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER tells the true story of Clive who contracted Meningitis and lost both his sight and his hearing during the outbreak of the Second World War. Clive is now 15 years old and attending Goring School, having been evacuated from Margate School for the Deaf. Clive’s father, away serving in the Navy, receives a heartfelt letter from his wife, Dorothy. As Christopher reads the letter English, BSL and Visual Vernacular interweave to tell the shocking story of a war plane crashing to the ground meters away from Clive’s classroom.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:
Duration:

9 minutes

Year:

2020

Director:

Clare-Louise English

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Company:

Hot Coals Productions

Cast:
Jo Sargeant

Dorothy

Robin Paley York

Christopher

William Grint

Clive

Brian Duffy

The Pilot

Crew:
Jo Sargeant

Writer

Chris Drohan

Music

Jo Sargeant

Sound Designer

Timothy Kelly

Editor

David Monteith-Hodge

Director of Photography