Michael Rosen - Many Different Kinds of Love

Words from Michael Rosen:
"In March 2020, I got Covid. My condition dipped and I was put into an induced coma for 40 days. By the time I got home after 3 months in hospital, I was weak and confused. I started to write poems to help me get a handle on what had happened and what was happening day by day now that I was out. I also had a diary that the nurses wrote for me while I was unconscious. This film is the chain of poems, nurses' letters and my wife Emma's emails to the family. I can see now that it's a map of what we all went through in that time: patients, doctors, nurses, families and the attitudes that emerged in that historic moment ."

This film has been supported by Apples and Snakes as part of our 40th anniversary. Apples and Snakes has been lucky to work with Michael Rosen since the 1980’s and are delighted to support the making of this film, an emotional exploration of Michael’s experience and example of the poets’ unique ability to capture and comment on the world around us.

Written and Performed by Michael Rosen
Cinematography and Editing: Matthew Dove
Producer: Lisa Mead (Apples and Snakes)

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