Being Human Now

Wellcome Collection, 2021 (11 mins)

Stuart Shahid Bamforth’s moving series of interviews for the Wellcome Collection marks the year long anniversary of the pandemic and the effect it has had on the lives of the disabled, people of colour, teachers, mental health specialists, carers and nurses; stories that all of us can relate to despite the hollow words of our leaders. 

Interviewees: Caroline Newton, Teenage cancer nurse specialist.  Dolly Sen, Artist & mental health activist. Jess Thom, Co-founder of Touretteshero. Mike Theobald, Long-term visitor. Reena Merali, Assistant headteacher. Rianna Walcott, Researcher, writer & activist. the vacuum cleaner, Artist & activist.