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KINGDOM OF US

by Lucy Cohen

synopsis

For over two years, director Lucy Cohen filmed a mother and her seven children – six young women and a young man – whose father killed himself, leaving them in financial ruin. Incorporating archive footage of the family and evocatively capturing the West Midlands landscape around them, Kingdom of Us is a record of the siblings’ emotional recovery as they piece together their broken past and reflect on their fears and aspirations for the future.

original title: Kingdom of Us
country: United Kingdom
year: 2017
genre: documentary
directed by: Lucy Cohen
film run: 109'
film editing: Michael Aaglund, Stephen Haren, Maya Maffioli
producer: Julia Nottingham, Tessa Treadway
production: Pulse Films

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