Psychologies UK 04.2020

Film

of the

month

APRIL 2020 PSYCHOLOGIES MAGAZINE 15

FILM REVIEW: ELLEN TOUT. AUDIOBOOK RECOMMENDATION BY ELISE ITALIAANDER, CONTENT MANAGER AT AUDIBLE.

*AMERICAN EXPRESS, 2019;

**E CANNING ET AL, FEELING

LIKE AN IMPOSTOR, ‘SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE’, 2019

Escape From

Pretoria

Directed by Francis Annan

BASED ON THE incredible true story and biography of

writer and political activist Tim Jenkin’s imprisonment

and escape from jail in apartheid-era South Africa,

Escape From Pretoria is a tense and moving thriller

which shows humanity at its best and worst.

Daniel Radcli™ e stars as Jenkin, an anti-apartheid

campaigner who was branded a terrorist and

sentenced to 12 years in the maximum-security

Pretoria Central Prison, dubbed ‘the white man’s

Robben Island’, in the late 1970s. Resolute and brave,

Jenkin worked with fellow campaigners, Stephen Lee

(Daniel Webber of The Punisher and The Dirt) and

Alex Moumbaris (Mark Leonard Winter of The

Dressmaker), to handcraft wooden keys, learn everything

they could about the prison and its layout and, 18 months

into their incarceration, risk everything to escape.

This fi lm brings to life an important time in history,

with edge-of-your-seat tension and emotive scenes.

Don’t miss it. ET

AS WE TALK more about

the vital role of rewilding

in creating a better future

for our planet, I heartfully

recommend The Lost Words: A Spell Book

by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

It was published in 2017 as a response

to the removal of everyday nature words,

such as ‘acorn’, ‘bluebell and ‘kingfi sher’,

from the Oxford Junior Dictionary – and

the addition of ‘blog’, ‘chatroom’ and the

like. Beautifully illustrated with spells

to bring back the magic of nature, it’s

a poignant tome for all generations.

‘Psychologies’ is proudly championing sustainability.Read more in the

Real Eco section of the magazine from page 81. This issue, our panel of discerning

product testers give their honest reviews of the best hand creams and soaps.

For more, go to psychologies.co.uk/real-eco and follow @ellen_tout

LOST WORDS IN A LOST WORLD

What part does language play in environmentalism?

Eco Living Editor Ellen Tout spells it out

GREEN IDEAS

REAL ECO AWARDS PROMOTE HONEST, GREEN BRANDS. TURN TO PAGE 81 AND GO TO PSYCHOLOGIES.CO.UK/REAL-ECO

The Lost Words:

A Spell Book

by Robert

Macfarlane

and Jackie

Morris (Hamish

Hamilton, £13.53)