A few snaps from the private screening of The Stranger I Love by Theresa Godly. A short film based on real events of parental alienation. #tsil #thestrangerilove #parentalalienation #mamrockfilms
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Yesterday, Theresa Godly’s short film highlighting parental alienation was shown to an audience of supporters who had helped make it happen. Almost 140 people, from crew to financial pledgers, from all over the world attended to watch the 15 minute flick based on her own real life experiences. How did it bear up? In short, incredibly well. With everybody applauding as soon as the credits started rolling, as each of them resonated with elements of the story as it played out.
On a personal level, I could fully relate to the film. I have been at both ends of the scope of parental alienation. It is a psychological abuse of powerplay by one parent in order to gain control and favour of a child over the other parent. I clearly remembered my mother saying bad things about my father when I was young. These things I would discover as falsehood as I reached adolescence. Not to mention having been moved 200 miles away from him at the age of four.
The sweeping score added another level to the already emotionally impacting story and it was very clever to convey all the emotions that come with PA into a 15 minute film along with outstanding raw performances. Shock, disbelief, pain, it was all channelled through the screen into the audiences minds.
#ParentalAlienation is an abuse, yet treated in family courts as a civil matter. What is civil about somebody reprogramming your mind to sever a healthy bond with a parent and their extended family? Countless people take their own lives every year due to this horrendous coercive control and it is civil?
Bullshit! Abuse is abuse, yet the courts see it as exempt because it isn’t a physical abuse. Every years, thousands lose all of their money in trying to combat the alienating parent’s actions. Some cannot get any legal aid at all.
It is with this film and causes like Parental Alienation Awareness that we wish to educate and spread awareness of this dreadful social issue. Theresa is currently raising money via crowdfunder in order to get The Stranger I Love into film festivals everywhere. If you can help, please pledge here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tsil-festivals-marketing
As featured in a previous post, a short film by actor Theresa Godly has been made, and the trailer released. Having been alienated from my own father as a child, this project means so much to people that have been through Parental Alienation. It is a form of psychological abuse that effects everybody except the controlling parent. This film highlights the story of Theresa’s own experience, and also stars the amazingly talented Leon Ung. With the film now complete, we are reaching out for donations for submission to various film festivals all over, in order to spread awareness of this terrible social issue. Enjoy the trailer, and please click this link to make a pledge to aid our endeavour https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tsil-festivals-marketing
#pressthis #ParentalAlienation #Awareness #fundraising #crowdfunding #film #festival
I have just released Literally Immersive Gamebooks 5, a sequel to the popular Paranormal Hero. It is already getting good remarks in the forums, and, if the stories feedback is also as positive, a third Paranormal Hero book will be put into production. So why not put your psychic skills to good use in Paranormal Hero 2 : The Nightmare’s Lair – now available on Amazon http://mybook.to/nightmareslair
Greetings. Owing to the great reviews and certain inspirations from my eldest daughter, the next book in the series will be none other than Paranormal Hero 2. Get ready to test those psychic powers and solve the mystery at Dunkelheit Repose.
Being an author, I have taken the opportunity to use their online Send A Parcel service. You buy the postage, then a postman will collect the parcels from home with your address labels. It’s great. However! There is a glitch in the system that sometimes arises. Once they have collected your parcels, they scan the codes with their PDA gadget. Sometimes this sends a faulty email to you saying collection has failed. Rest easy though, as this is a glitch, you can still use your tracking codes. Until the parcel is scanned again at the next depot the resulting message may say We’re Expecting It. This should change as the parcel passes through each depot in a normal manner.
So with all of the hardback copies now posted to their claimants, pictures and reviews of happy backers are now appearing in the forums and feedback is looking positive. The softcover versions are on order and should be signed and sent next week, followed by everybody’s PDFs. I have another two books set on Pneuma planned.
However these ideas will be no time soon as I have two other projects to work on. One is academic, the other is my involvement as an executive producer on the film The Stranger I Love. This basically means help by pushing the promotion of it as far as I can. You can check out this extraordinary crowdfunder here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk /tsil-finishingfund
by Theresa Godly
So what does 2024 hold in store? Well, I have at least two more books being published. LIG4, which is Malinkar: Lord Of Enmity is in the final stages of production and set for a late January release. It will have us back on the Isle of Pneuma in a prequel to LIG3. My second offering to US based Savage Realms Gamebooks has been submitted and will probably be released later in the year, with Mike Tenebrae coined nicely as illustrator linking both series together with myself. This will be a sequel to The Tavern On Gallows Hill featuring encounters old and new. I have two further ideas for Pneuma adventures, one of which will be linked to this sequel. The Return To The Tavern On Gallows Hill will feature several WTF moments to delight the modern and classic gamebook fan.
Alongside this, I have an ambition to fill which I have put off for many years. It seems mandatory now that I achieve this as I hurtle towards the big five O… and I don’t mean Hawaii. I shall also continue to campaign against parental alienation as more and more mother’s and father’s are.
So with everything else that’s gone on, it hasn’t marred me from pursuing my hobby of writing. Malinkar : Lord Of Enmity has been sent to the publishers for design. So far so good. Only 46 copies of the hardback version will exist. 10 more than The Druids Of Pneuma if I remember correctly. They were prepaid so sorry if you missed the boat. This is an adult gamebook, certainly not for children, and as such all LIG books will be written towards a mature audience forthwith. My work for Savage Realms Gamebooks or any other side projects will be gentler in nature. I intend to increase my Pneuma based adventures by two more books but have a huge step to take sometime in the new year. Malinkar the paperback version should be available late January to early February on Amazon.
Hi fellow pressers. This is a heads up for all those enduring or otherwise concerned with the debilitating social issue that is Parental Alienation. Whilst my own journey is repairing, my good friend Theresa Godly is still enduring those void-filled times into a fifth year. An experienced actress, Teri has also produced a short film to help raise parental alienation awareness and is currently holding a finishing fund on Crowdfunder to help with post production costs. I’m calling out to any backers, philanthropists or even people with a spare couple of quid who may help Teri reach her goal. Please click this link to pledge your support https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tsil-finishingfund
Wishing You A Merry Christmas
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