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Isolation - A film tracing the life of ex paratrooper Stuart Griffiths Featured

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Showing at FACT, Liverpool on 17th July Isolation traces Stuart Griffiths’ extraordinary life. After five years of service as a paratrooper, Stuart left the army and became homeless, disillusioned and penniless. He eventually rebuilt his life and is now a renowned social photographer. Griffiths narrates the documentary as he travels across the UK, uncovering the personal and controversial stories behind the military statistics. Isolation explores the internal demons and uncertain futures faced by soldiers leaving the army.

In the past few years he has returned to the hostels he haunted while homeless to embark on a series of intimate portraits of fellow ex-veterans.

'ISOLATION is an important document of the experiences of ex-soldiers told through the eyes of someone who knows.' Ken Loach

Isolation premiered at Edinburgh International film festival, and subsequently toured the international festival circuit. In early 2010 the film was accompanied by a live score and sold out two dates at the Roundhouse and the Barbican. Isolation has received numerous positive reviews from Sight & Sound, Little White Lies, Dazed & Confused as well as catching the attention of director Ken Loach.

Co-Director Luke Seomore, who wrote the film's haunting original score, will be performing an exclusive interpretation of the soundtrack live at all the screening dates, with musicians Michael Garrard and David Stephens.

Isolation opens around the country this July and is on at FACT, Wood Street Liverpool on 17th July. More information is available here - http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema//film/Isolation_Live_Soundtrack/

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