AEM Podcast #62 - Gethin Aldous – “Our Vulnerability Is Our Superpower” Director & Producer of 'The Work' Prison Documentary

An Evolving Man Podcast AEM #62 -

Gethin Aldous 

“Our Vulnerability Is Our Superpower”

Director & Producer of The Work Documentary

Today on the podcast I talk with a specialist in fatherhood. How do we make great fathers? What can we do to develop into a loving and supportive father?


“Our vulnerability is our superpower.” These words come from the co-director and executive producer of one of my favourite films, 'The Work'.


The Work is one of the most powerful films I have come across. It has me in tears every time.


What is it? The journey of three men visiting Folsom Prison to attend a four day men's retreat.


What unfolds is so beautiful. Grown men in tears. Some of the toughest men on the planet showing their vulnerability.


If they can do it, so can we. To watch the film please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEUHVVAPyTA


He also talks about one of his other films about the Brazilian Jujitsu Master Renzo Gracie called Renzo Gracie: Legacy: https://youtu.be/s3HrHJ_dQl0


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Gethin Aldous is a film and video game maker who believes in the power of story to transform lives. He was co-director and executive producer of The Work documentary, winning a UK Grierson Award for Best International Documentary and Best Cinema Documentary.


He has also been honored with a Ron Herring Award by the Mankind Project USA. Gethin has been involved in men's work for over a decade and has staffed group therapy retreats at Folsom Prison with Inside Circles and Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk with the Jericho Circle.


Some of the areas to cover:


  1. I would love for you to share some of your journey. How did you get into the work that you now do?
  2. How did the film The Work come about?
  3. What for you were some of the gold from filming The Work?
  4. What were some of the challenges?
  5. It is six years since the film came out, what was the response to the film?
  6. How was filming Renzo Gracie: Legacy?
  7. How long did you film for?
  8. What did you learn and what was some of the gold?
  9. What were the challenges of filming this documentary?



To learn more about Gethin's work please visit: https://www.allkings.org/our-team/blog-post-title-one-2aw8j-actp8


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