Creativity & Conflict Resolution results in Impetus Award for Human Rights
I've just found out that a recent project that I was involved in with The Educational Shakespeare Company Ltd, has received the Impetus Award for Human Rights for the second year running.
The award is designed to recognise
...creative and innovative work by young people who use ethical values and human rights to respond to contemporary, challenging and contested issues in our society.
The award is given to projects that demonstrates:
- Exploration of shared rights and responsibilities
- Creative application of shared values
- Engagement with the local community
The award-winning project Crossing The Divide, is the first of an on-going series of cross-community projects co-produced with the Education and Outreach Department of Queens Film Theatre. This project aims to link young people from nationalist and Loyalist areas of Belfast, with the intention of learning how to work together to make a short film. These projects are pretty intense as they only run for 10 weeks, making them pretty demanding. The result of this project between the (mostly) Catholic Mornington community group from Ormeau Road in South Belfast, and Protestant Ballymac and East Belfast Mission of the Newtonards Road in East Belfast was three short films and a documentary. The first film, Turn the Music Down, is a short tale about who the real police are in the community. The second film Hoodin' It' looks at the role that boredom plays in so-called 'antisocial behaviour'. The final film Don't Judge Us is a heartfelt message to adults about how young people are perceived and the assumptions made, that are not always true.
The project is accompanied by a documentary that charts the journey of the participants during the filmmaking process. I'm personally really proudof the documentary and believe that it was instrumental in us receiving this award. Why? Because the documentary charts the highs and lows of our work, and we are not afraid to show when things went wrong.
You can see the Crossing The Divide along with An' Wha'? (winner of the Impetus Award in 2004/05) at Google Video.
Finally, I want to send out a big note of recognition to everyone who took part in this project. Well Done everyone!
I've just found out that a recent project that I was involved in with The Educational Shakespeare Company Ltd, has received the Impetus Award for Human Rights for the second year running.
The award is designed to recognise
...creative and innovative work by young people who use ethical values and human rights to respond to contemporary, challenging and contested issues in our society.
The award is given to projects that demonstrates:
- Exploration of shared rights and responsibilities
- Creative application of shared values
- Engagement with the local community
The award-winning project Crossing The Divide, is the first of an on-going series of cross-community projects co-produced with the Education and Outreach Department of Queens Film Theatre. This project aims to link young people from nationalist and Loyalist areas of Belfast, with the intention of learning how to work together to make a short film. These projects are pretty intense as they only run for 10 weeks, making them pretty demanding. The result of this project between the (mostly) Catholic Mornington community group from Ormeau Road in South Belfast, and Protestant Ballymac and East Belfast Mission of the Newtonards Road in East Belfast was three short films and a documentary. The first film, Turn the Music Down, is a short tale about who the real police are in the community. The second film Hoodin' It' looks at the role that boredom plays in so-called 'antisocial behaviour'. The final film Don't Judge Us is a heartfelt message to adults about how young people are perceived and the assumptions made, that are not always true.
The project is accompanied by a documentary that charts the journey of the participants during the filmmaking process. I'm personally really proudof the documentary and believe that it was instrumental in us receiving this award. Why? Because the documentary charts the highs and lows of our work, and we are not afraid to show when things went wrong.
You can see the Crossing The Divide along with An' Wha'? (winner of the Impetus Award in 2004/05) at Google Video.
Finally, I want to send out a big note of recognition to everyone who took part in this project. Well Done everyone!
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