A Newcastle filmmaker has created an exhibition telling the stories of young and older people, care homes, NHS workers, and community volunteers during the Covid pandemic.
The project called “The COVID Age” was created collaboratively by the Newcastle City Council Arts development team, Newcastle University, and the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing. Beginning in October 2020, artist and filmmaker Danielle Giddins started working with communities around Newcastle to understand their experiences of the Covid pandemic.
She shot four separate films focusing on stories on how young people coped with the lockdown, how older people struggled during the pandemic, the fear of the unknown, and the hardships care homes have experienced. Danielle set out to make the four films scripted from her interactions with the individuals and communities to ensure they were representative of lived experiences during the pandemic.
