DVD Giveaway - The Arbor - NOW CLOSED

British artist and filmmaker Clio Barnard's acclaimed documentary The Arbor is released on DVD and Blu-ray this coming Monday, 14th March, and to celebrate the lovely people at Verve Pictures have kindly supplied three copies of the DVD to give away to our readers.



The Arbor, which tells the powerful true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine, was been nominated for a host of awards this past year including the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (Clio Barnard and producer Tracy O'Riordan), while Barnard was the recipient of the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards.



Take a look at the synopsis and trailer...

Andrea Dunbar died tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, leaving ten year old Lorraine with bitter childhood memories. The Arbor catches up with Lorraine in the present day, also aged 29, ostracised from her mother’s family and in prison undergoing rehab. Re-introduced to her mother’s plays and letters, the film follows Lorraine’s personal journey as she reflects on her own life and begins to understand the struggles her mother faced. Through interviews with other members of the Dunbar family, we see a contrasting view of Andrea, in particular from Lorraine’s younger sister Lisa, who idolises Andrea to this day.



Barnard, who was the deserved winner of The Best New Documentary Film Maker at the Tribecca Film Festival earlier this year, recorded audio interviews with Lorraine Dunbar, other members of the Dunbar family and residents from the Buttershaw Estate over a period of two years. These interviews were edited to form an audio ‘screenplay,’ which forms the basis of the film as actors lip-synch to the voices of the interviewees. This footage was intercut with extensive archive clips as well as extracts from Andrea’s first stage play, The Arbor, filmed as a live outdoor performance on the Buttershaw Estate, to an audience of its residents. The excellent cast includes Manjinder Virk, Neil Dudgeon, Monica Dolan, Danny Webb, Christine Bottomley, Kathryn Pogson, Natalie Gavin, Jonathan Jaynes and Jimi Mistry.

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You can pre-order The Arbor at VivaVerve.com.