With everything that has gone on in the UK over the last half decade with Brexit, the Windrush scandal, Black Lives Matter and the recent global challenges, coupled with the vaccine roll-out, the political world remains a volatile yardstick for how change occurs all the time.
In Jay Martin’s factual documentary short RED T’BLUE, we focus on the end of an era, as the Northern English town of Mansfield became a Conservative hold after decades of Red Labour rule and how the whole town was affected by the results.
Celebrating the locality and the potential for the future, Martin’s brilliant and insightful work establishes the essence of what it means to be politically supportive in a local community seemingly neglected by those in the South.
Watch Film And TV Now’s interview with Jay Martin here:
About the film-maker:
Jay Martin is a Nottingham-based film-maker, with an unparalleled passion for visual storytelling.
Jay began studying at the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies in September of 2015, from there he began to develop Catharsis, his directorial debut. The film was made over a year, in, and around the Greater Nottinghamshire area, with the help of some of the most dedicated, and passionate creatives in the Midlands.
Jay now works as a freelance director. In May of 2017, Jay began developing his next short film project under the working title: ‘After Dark‘. In early 2019, Jay also began to develop his first documentary project, ‘Red T’Blue‘, set to release in 2021’
