AM is proud to have co-produced a film with Lucent Dreaming to celebrate ‘Beyond/Tu Hwnt’, which is published today. ‘Beyond/Tu Hwnt’ is a bilingual anthology edited by Bethany Handley, Megan Angharad Hunter a Sioned Erin Hughes, featuring work by 31 Deaf and Disabled writers.
This film is a chance to discover more about the anthology’s importance and the process behind its inception, featuring insights from the editors and contributors Joshua Jones and Caitlin Tina Jones.
Sioned Erin Hughes says:
The process of collating the work by the writers and poets was so powerful and close to the bone. They were all so generous with their experiences and so passionate about the anthology’s mission, which is to show that the Disabled community is extremely dynamic and has such wonderful riches to share with the world - riches which often have orginiated from a feeling of societal otherism. It was therefore vital, for us as editors, that the anthology had a further documentation to be shared with the world - so we’re extremely grateful to AM and Ffion for stepping in and offering to create a short film to further promote the anthology. We’re enormously indebted to them”.
The film was directed by Ffion Pritchard, co-produced by AM and Lucent Dreaming, and funded by Books Council of Wales’ New Audiences Fund. Helen Foulkes provided BSL and subtitles. We’re also thankful to Nyth and Wales Millenium Centre for their support.
Watch the film and buy your copy of ‘Beyond/Tu Hwnt’ on AM now!