Midlands documentary filmmaker Jay Martin tackles the pandemic in new BBC series
Jay has explained to us he felt it was an incredible opportunity to work with his REDt'BLUE team again to create films that helped to shed a new perspective on each different aspect of the pandemic:
“From our frontline healthcare workers to the excluded artists who've had no financial support through the pandemic, to how the government has handled things from two very different perspectives. It's great to know that the BBC is making good on its promise to promote and empower storytellers from outside of London and Manchester, and hopefully these films will lead to more non-fiction projects with the BBC in the future”.
Frontline investigates how healthcare professionals found the mental and physical toll of working on the frontline of COVID-19, whilst A Tale of Two Towns looks at how the UK government responded to the crisis. Finally, The Excluded explores how those working in the arts industry have been affected by the pandemic.
Jay concludes by saying, “I would also like to give special thanks to the core REDt'BLUE team, who came back for this series, and brought their A-game as always, our editor Richard Lozberg, composer Jack Bennett, DoP Herbie Elton Rowley, and sound recordist Alex Stroud”.
Watch two of the available films below:
