Alison Lapper: In My Own Words
Chalk Films for BBC One
2024
Documentary for BBC One’s ‘In My Own Words’ series about the artist and activist Alison Lapper. With reference to archival material, Lapper guides us through her life story, from being born with no arms and shortened legs and being rejected by her mother to being rendered in sculpture on the Fourth Plinth and the life and sad death of her son Parys.
45’ film, available to watch on the iPlayer.
4* The Guardian, profiled on Women’s Hour and in the Times.
Directed by Poppy Goodheart. Music by me.