Project Detail

Half Way

Name: Half Way
Director: Daisy-May Hudson
Genre: Human Rights, Woman Director
Released: 2016
Duration: 93 min

Synopsis

A moving portrait of the UK housing crisis, told through the experience of one family. Filmed over a year, Daisy-May is both director and daughter as her and her family fight to retain their dignity whilst they wait to be rehoused by the council. This is an extraordinary story of courage and determination, a story of family bonds which is both heart-breaking and life affirming, combining moments of tremendous tenderness and grit with some unexpected humour. HALF WAY offers an alternative narrative from the current exhausted media coverage of the housing crisis; it does not, and cannot, shy away from the harsh actualities of homelessness.

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Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 min
Director: Daisy-May Hudson 1st Feature
Producer: Alice Hughes, Claire O'Neill
Co-Producer: Thea Paulett
Editor: Vera Simmonds
Director of Photography: Daisy-May Hudson
Sound: Luke Shrewsbury
Composer: James Williams Blades
Film Images: ©Daisy-May Hudson, Nick Pomeroy

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Daisy-May Hudson

daisymay.hudson@gmail.com

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