Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2009)

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UK

Feature Documentary

Director/Cinematographer: Jez Lewis

Over a period of 18 months, documentarian Jez Lewis returns to his seemingly idyllic hometown, the beautifully situated Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, catching up with his old friends – those that are still alive, that is, as many have been lost to drink, drugs, and suicide – shedding light on the self-destructive culture that has built up there, in this depressingly enlightening documentary, which proves that despair is certainly not limited to urban deprivation. Iain.Stott