What Happens When You Leave Prison With Nothing?
A documentary about a man waiting outside prison for his stepson reveals a much bigger story about childhood trauma, family relationships, homelessness, rehabilitation and what happens after prison.
Explore
Explore is a place for thoughts, observations and occasional musings on the stories and themes that come up through Relatively Speaking. Sometimes it starts with a film, sometimes with something noticed while making one, sometimes with thoughts on how to tell better human stories, and sometimes simply with a question that won’t quite go away.

A documentary about a man waiting outside prison for his stepson reveals a much bigger story about childhood trauma, family relationships, homelessness, rehabilitation and what happens after prison.

A British-Syrian family ponders what it means to grow up between two cultures. Through humour, family memories and different generations, this documentary explores belonging and what it means to preserve the stories that make a family who they are.

A short documentary exploring the life behind the labels of homelessness, addiction and prison - and why understanding someone's story means looking at what came before.

A Norfolk family shop, known as 'Graves the Butchers', has been going since just after WW2. Paul Graves' daily paper round reveals a much bigger story about community, connection and quietly looking after one another.
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