First Light

Published: June 22, 2021, 9:06 a.m.

Josie Long presents short documentaries about illumination, the breaking of a new day, healing and hope.

Light in the Winter Forest\nWritten and read by Anna Selby\nFirst published in Field Notes (Hazel Press)

Call Me Mother\nFeaturing Sandra Caldwell and Shon Faye\nProduced by Thomas Curry\nThe original version of this interview was produced for the Call Me Mother podcast from the production company Novel.

The Day of Flowers\nFeaturing Tamika Bell, Paulette Carrington, Starr Granger, Ivy Johnson, and Yvonne Newkirk \nProduced by Alex Lewis\nThis audio feature was based on a collaboration with artists Mark Strandquist and Courtney Bowles to create a monument for former long-term and life-sentenced women in the American prison system called \u201cOn The Day They Come Home\u201d.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft\nSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall\nExecutive Producer: Zakia Sewell\nA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4