The Little c is a documentary short I made for theatre company Complicité to accompany their collaboration with performance artist Bryony Kimmings. A Pacifist’s Guide To The War On Cancer was a new piece of music theatre that toured the UK in the winter of 2016. It drew inspiration from the real-life stories of cancer patients that the production team met during the creative process.
The original brief was to produce a behind the scenes documentary to accompany the show's London premiere. However, during the process of interviewing these real-life cancer patients, a narrative emerged that seemed more urgent and more compelling than a straight-forward BTS documentary.
The Little c became a film about the untold story of cancer. It uses the voices of its subjects to reveal sides to the cancer narrative that go largely undocumented. Although not comprehensive in any sense, The Little c shines a light on non-normative cancer experiences that go beyond those seen in the mainstream media.