Charity Wakefield On How Cinema Brings Families Together

About this episode

Charity Wakefield discusses the importance of cinema in family life and shares her experiences of parenting during the COVID pandemic.

This week we’re joined by the actor Charity Wakefield, who you may know from ' Scoop ' or ' Wolf Hall '. She chats about her new film ' Preschool' and why cinema still plays such an important role in bringing families together. Charity opens up about the pressures of competitive parenting, shares honest reflections on becoming a mum during the COVID pandemic, and talks about finding connection, joy, and a bit of escapism along the way. Preschool is released on Paramount Movies on 7th April. Check out the trailer now. Charity's Reccomendations: Blink Documentary Entangled Life Woodland Trust Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: @madebymammas. Made By Mammas® is an Audio Always production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Charity Wakefield

Topics covered

• cinema
• family
• parenting
• COVID pandemic
• connection
• joy
• escapism

Keywords

• Charity Wakefield
• cinema
• family
• parenting
• COVID
• Preschool
• Woodland Trust
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paramount Movies, Woodland Trust, Made By Mammas, Audio Always

Books & works: Scoop, Wolf Hall, Preschool

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