Projects
Heartsick: Poetry and Mental Health
Arts-Based Research
2022
Contributors
Achol Juk – Poet, Pastor Samuel Majok, Viola Jokudu, Sunny Ajang, Abul Tuil, Adut Maluk, Mamush Aguer, Adut Lual, Ivan Mono and Apapa Justin.
With: Dr Lydia Gitau – Facilitator, Hugh Clark – Film maker
Projects
Heartsick: Poetry and Mental Health
Arts-Based Research
2022
Contributors
Achol Juk – Poet, Pastor Samuel Majok, Viola Jokudu, Sunny Ajang, Abul Tuil, Adut Maluk, Mamush Aguer, Adut Lual, Ivan Mono and Apapa Justin.
With: Dr Lydia Gitau – Facilitator, Hugh Clark – Film maker
A short film showing young South Sudanese community members exploring poetry as a way to talk about mental health and suicide in their community. It features Achol reading her poetry in a workshop and participants responding by expressing their distress and its causes.
Achol began writing poetry as a way of making sense of her own experiences, and now her poetry is leading to candid conversations around mental health and suicide in her community.