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LONG LIVE MY HAPPY HEAD

by Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan

synopsis

What would you do if you were told you had a dramatically life-shortening illness when you were 32 years old? Start making comic books about it of course! Well, that's what Gordon did anyway. Gordon is a Scottish comic book artist with a big bushy beard, very expressive eyebrows - oh, and an inoperable, incurable brain tumour. By making autobiographical comics about his experience, he is able to communicate his thoughts and reactions to cancer in a medium and a language that is disarming, accessible and inviting. Approaching his 40th birthday, Gordon has found the love of his life, Shawn - a warm-hearted and protective American man who lives in Bath County, Virginia. Their relationship may be long-distance, but they talk on the phone everyday they’re not together and visit each other as often as possible. Although his previous comics looked at his own personal experience, for his next book Gordon has chosen to focus on the people who look after people with cancer - the carers. His tumour is growing again though, and he’s on chemotherapy whilst meeting and interviewing people who have cared for and lost their dearest loved ones.

international title: Long Live My Happy Head
original title: Long Live My Happy Head
country: United Kingdom
year: 2022
genre: documentary
directed by: Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan
film run: 80'
screenplay: Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan
film editing: Barbara Toennieshen, Will Hewitt
music: Alexander Hamilton-Ayres
producer: Austen McCowan
production: Melt the Fly

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