This thought-provoking series focuses on the experiences of four young offenders currently going through the youth justice system, as they prepare to come face to face with the victims of their crimes...
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4 x 3 mins for Channel 4
This thought-provoking series focuses on the experiences of four young offenders currently going through the youth justice system, as they prepare to come face to face with the victims of their crimes. Through offering these young criminals the opportunity to speak openly and honestly about their experiences and their emotional responses, the series provides a refreshing new angle on youth crime. You can see the first film in the series here.
The last supper given to an inmate on death row is perceived as one of the last choices a condemned man is allowed to make. This series explores the last supper through frank conversations with death row inmates and a death row chef in Texas, and provokes thoughts about human nature, incarceration, and the ethics of legal execution. You can see one of the films here.
Every year in the UK, tens of thousands of children are excluded from school, and over a million play truant. The social effects of this are enormous with these children becoming increasingly disaffected and more likely to take drugs, to suffer from depression and to be involved in serious crime.
This thought-provoking series focuses on the experiences of four young people who have been repeatedly excluded from school as they attempt to turn their lives around and benefit from a fresh approach to learning. You can see the first in the series here.
9 x 15-20 mins for Comic Relief and Salusbury World
SHARED Futures is a DVD of nine films accompanying a resource pack funded by Comic Relief that promotes the integration of refugee children and young people in school and the wider community by showcasing effective practice from across the UK. You can see the introductory film here.
Oxfam
A range of different films for campaigning and educational purposes.
A new generation of musicians have emerged in Finland. In this film, we meet the sub-arctic sound explorers and refuseniks who make up this intriguing forest dwelling, free folk community. You can see the film here.
Jean Baptiste Kayigamba, a journalist in Rwanda, was forced to leave everything he knew and loved in order to stay alive. Letters Home is a poignant and very personal portrayal of his experiences as he tries to start again as a refugee in England, while awaiting the arrival of his family from Rwanda. The content of letters to and from his loved ones determines the narrative of this film providing the opportunity for a very intimate and moving portrayal of a subject so often dominated by politics and extreme prejudice. You can watch Letters Home here.
This film, shot over three years, tells the story of the dark, abusive but genuinely loving relationship between two men living on the fringes of society and offers an extraordinary insight into a hidden world. You can see a taster here.
Crime Hurts
Young Victims of Crime Project
A series of films to accompany a handbook designed to be used by teachers and youth workers to support and assist young people who have been affected by crime.
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A series of films to accompany a handbook designed to be used by teachers and youth workers to support and assist young people who have been affected by crime. You can see some extracts from one of the films here.
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
Winner of the Raindance Award at the BIFA’s, 2006. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival, 2006. Nominated Best Documentary, Slamdance Film F estival, 2007.
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Winner of the Raindance Award at the BIFA’s, 2006. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival, 2006. Nominated Best Documentary, Slamdance Film F estival, 2007, Partly funded by the UK Film Council, the Indie Wire gave the film the following review:
“The intriguing and innovative “The Ballad of AJ Weberman” utilizes scrap books of footage, old sound recording paired with animation, and enlightening contemporary interviews to paint a portrait of its titular character and his neurotic fixation on and dysfunctional relationship with Bob Dylan. Always entertaining, “The Ballad of AJ Weberman” is a comprehensive study of one man’s fascination with knowing everything about a celebrity.”
With unique and intimate access, this moving, observational film follows a group of some of the most disadvantaged and challenging teenagers over the course of a year and accompanies them through emotional ups and downs as they struggle to take responsibility and re-engage with their lives. Set against a seasonally changing landscape (the one reliable element in many of their lives) this film chronicles the universal process of growing up, coming of age, and the turbulence associated with teenagers in the throes of self-evaluation.
