"I Am Not De Problem": Does Britain Care About Young People?
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Violent gang members or disaffected non-voters: young people are represented as a problem and drain to society. Far from it, it is within young people that "the potentiality of the human race is born again."
From the closure of our youth clubs to our schools becoming more and more like prisons: 'I Am Not De Problem' (inspired by Benjamin Zephaniah's No Problem) will premiere 4 original films responding to the real problems that young people face in this city.
PANEL: Does Britain Care About Young People?
Peaky is a musician and designer from West London. He has previously been somewhat of a spokesperson for the younger generation during the earliest stages of the Grenfell response.
Precious Arabambi is an 18 year old aspiring filmmaker and campaigner at Let Us Learn Campaign.
Angel Isaac is an 18 year old theatre-maker and director at Prime Presents. She is also an alumna at the Lyric Theatre.
Tasnima Ahmed is a poet and performer. She is one of the winners of National Slambassador cohort of 2016 for the poetry society. Her work has been featured on the FADER and BBC Radio 4. She is also one of the co-founders and facilitators of the Globe poets collective based in South London. @oshanti99
Temi Mwale is an award-winning social entrepreneur, campaigner, educator & violence specialist and founding director of The 4Front Project.
SCREENING: Four previously unscreened films will be premiered:
“Surviving School” by Sky Caesar, Georgia Moona-Sam and Dhelia Snoussi. From shame around free school meals, to school exclusion, to racism from teachers, the film explores the issues plaguing the education system from the perspectives of young, BME and working class students.
“Let Us Learn” by Precious Arabambi follows the stories of young people from Let Us Learn, a campaign group of young migrants who are blocked from accessing student finance because of their immigration status.
“Listen to your elders” is a poetry film by Abbey Charles looking at how young people's perspectives and contributions are ignored by adults and wider society.
"Systematic Potential” by Nadir Hedioued is a film about the closure of youth clubs in the North Kensington community.
+ POETRY from:
LEX AMOR
TASNIMA AHMED
PEAKY
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