Alongside (2019)
24', 4K Video

Alongside is an inquiry into proximity and empathy, explored through the working life of a care worker as he builds supportive relationships with three vulnerable clients with severe physical disabilities or autism. The film focuses on closely observed details and points of contact between the care worker and the young men, as he navigates and enables them to access the world beyond the daycare centre. Alongside reflects on the nature of his interactions, profound responsibility and drive, as over time he finds ways to carefully decode his clients' needs to understand their anxieties and motivations. This is mirrored in artist and filmmaker Dryden Goodwin's process of close observation, deciphering and translating this most intimate and delicate of jobs, into a sensory study, rendered through his camera lens, pencil drawings and layered soundtrack.
 

Featuring: Paul Johnstone, Jack Johnstone, David Thompson, Rob Fantom