Beyond the Blade - The Mother

A mother is waiting for a phone call from her teenage son. He is in prison serving a life sentence for murder. She remembers being confronted by the sight of the other boy’s mother crying in court and feeling both responsible and helpless to heal the pain of another family. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Beyond the Blade: follow our four-part series of fictional films based on factual reporting ► https://www.theguardian.com/membership/ng-interactive/2018/sep/10/beyond-the-blade-the-mother Support the Guardian ► https://theguardian.com/supportus Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016/sep/02/sign-up-for-the-guardian-documentaries-update The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com Playlists: Guardian documentaries ► http://bit.ly/GDNdocs Guardian VR ► http://bit.ly/GDNVR Guardian Features ► http://bit.ly/GDNfeatures Anywhere but Westminster ► http://bit.ly/ABWseries Anywhere but Washington ► http://bit.ly/ABWUSseries Owen Jones meets ► http://bit.ly/CorbynJones Guardian Animations & Explanations ►http://is.gd/explainers The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Science and Tech ► http://is.gd/guardiantech Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture