HOLLOWAY

Holloway brings together six women who return to the now-closed Holloway Prison to share deeply personal stories of incarceration, trauma, and transformation. Through their women’s circle, the film explores how failing systems intersect with lived experience, and how sisterhood can create healing and change.

Directed by Daisy-May Hudson and Sophie Compton, this deeply moving documentary feature was made using a unique process of a trauma-informed co-creation with six contributors: Aliyah Ali, Mandy Ogunmokun, Sarah Cassidy, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, and Tamar Mujanay.

Holloway is a profound, meditative, eye-opening and ultimately inspiring exploration of trauma and the immense human capacity for recovery.

Join Reclaim The Frame for a special event series across the UK, with the crew and contributors of this extraordinary film.

All screenings are with dialogue subtitles and audio description.

Director

Daisy-May Hudson and Sophie Compton

Country

United Kingdom

Distributor

N/A

Year

2024

Manchester: Holloway + Q&A

Screening plus Q&A with producer Alice and contributors Brenda, Mandy, Aliyah and Tamar, and a representative from Women in Prison. The film will be introduced by our Director Melanie Iredale.

07/08/25, 17:15

HOME, Manchester

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Birmingham: Holloway + Q&A

Screening plus Q&A with co-director Daisy-May Hudson moderated by Paula Harriott from the Prison Reform Trust and Joy Doal from Anawim Women’s Centre.