I'm Not Dead Yet
'I'm Not Dead Yet' is a film about the inheritance of a Gothic home, and a family's unspoken past. The film chronicles a bitter tug-of-war between estranged twin sisters for the affections of their elderly mother Ruth and the inheritance of the family estate - a Gothic mansion in the north of England.
And as tensions boil over and Ruth flees to France, so an awful truth emerges regarding the twins' childhood growing up in the old house. A truth that has lain buried for over 40 years.
Directed by granddaughter Elizabeth, 'I'm Not Dead Yet' is a deeply moving and personal account of Ruth's turbulent journey, which perfectly captures the unraveling of a family consumed by the legacy of four decades of silence and denial.
'I'm Not Dead Yet' is a feature-length documentary, broadcast as part of BBC's Storyville strand in 2008, and also screened at Sheffield International Documentary Festival. It won the Grierson Newcomer's Award in 2009.