This film was produced by Barmmy Boy and young people from Wilberforce College during enrichment week activities in June 2007.

A short film made about the floods that hit Hull in June 2007 produced by Barmmy Boy from Freetown :: Sierra Leone during his stay in Hull.

Well it’s not long now to the first Scunthorpe Young Persons Film Festival. Its been a true pleasure meeting and working with the budding young film makers from the ‘South Bank’… their enthusiasm and commitment to producing quality films to submit to the first ever film festival in Scunthorpe has really stood out for me.

The films have also been uploaded to Youtube.com and within the first few days of the films going live they had each recieved well over 100 views each. Below are some of the comments left on YouTube :-

“i’ve already sent your vid to friends living in brazil and sweden so they can see a bit of the town ”

“A video about Scunthorpe is well overdue! Well done, must have taken you a long time to put this together! ”

So heres the last film to be uploaded to Youtube.com produced in Epworth - North Lincs by Charlotte, Livvy, Jess, Faith and Caris.

What we thought >>

Livvy..

“These last few days have been a total unknown experience; I came to youth club on Monday not knowing what to expect and now on Wednesday afternoon I know I will remember this for a very long time. Now that I understand whats invloved in making a short film production it makes me look at television in a totally different way.”

Charlotte..

“The past three days have been great, getting to know how the camera works and how hard it actually is to make a short film. It been a very enjoyable challenge for all of us. I have enjoyed making the film and also editing but most of all watching the film when we completed the final cut. So thankyou to everyone who’s helped make this film, it’s been a great experience for all of us.”

This film about the history of Scunthorpe was produced by students at Foxhills School Technology College during Cafesociety.org and BBC Blast workshops.

The workshops were created to enable young people in North Lincolnshire to produce content for the first Scunthorpe Young Peoples Film Festival to be held in March 2007.

This week has been a very busy week. Firstly working in Lincolnshire with students from Brigg 6th Form College on Monday & Tuesday to produce a horror film trailer, then on Wednesday with excluded kids at Wintringham Secondary School in Grimsby to produce a short docu about their experiences of participating in DJ workshops and finally today, Thursday i’ve been working with a small group of hearing impaired kids at Tilbury Primary School in Hull to produce a very short animation about recycling.

I hope you enjoy the film :

This week we have been running film making workshops with a great group of young people at Brigg 6th Form College, Lincolnshire.

Here are a few quotes from the kids :-

“The filmmaking experience has given me the opportunity to be involved in making and starring in a film, something which i’ve never had the chance to do before. It was great to work as a team and have an active input to the production.” - Holly.

“Making this film has been amazing. I have learnt so many things about how to edit a film and working as a team!! It’s been agreat experience.” - Erin

“I enjoyed being part of a team with different skills so it was easy to bring the final piece together. As well as learning valuable life skills i also learnt new, interesting and advanced IT and editing skills. The whole two day project was well worth doing.” - Joe

“I enjoyed making the film as a whole. I also liked working on other aspects such as the sound design. It was a very enjoyable experience.” - Jake

“I enjoyed taking a part in this film and have learnt lots of key skills for film making, such as editing on adobe premiere pro which was hugely interesting. A fun and interesting two days.” - Adam

“I really enjoyed making this film, it was highly interesting and a much better experience than what i first anticipated.” - Nathan

“This has been a more enjoyable collage project than I had previously believed, especially seeing a dead version of myself. Amazing love you all.” - Ryan AKA Moshtop

“I was not very enthusiastic about the project however it has turned out better than I had presumed.” - Fayè

“When I first heard about the project I was quite interested and it has been fantastic making the film.” - Caroline

“I have found the making of this film to be rather interesting, especially the editing. I have learnt many new things from this. Overall this has been a rather good experience and one of the best school projects that I have taken part in.” - Robert

We have just finished documenting a project that took place at Oldfleet Primary School in Hull.

Spin Off Theatre Company ran a series of whole school workshops with a focus on William Wilbeforce, the famous Hull MP with the outcome being a whole school production of a play named ‘What Price Freedom’.

“Slavery should be abolished” will be one of the arguments that Yorkshire pupils will hear at the Great Slavery debate to be held in Hull’s Guildhall on 17th October.

The play is set in the House of Commons, and will take place in the Guildhall Council Chamber where actors will play the part of William Wilberforce, MP for Hull and Yorkshire, who is opposed by Sir Banastre Tarleton, MP for Liverpool.

Pupils from Winifred Holtby School and Easingwold School will play the roles of the remaining M.P.’s in the debate.

The event will end with pupils taking part in an 19th century style vote, followed by a discussion on the result of the original 1807 result which lead to the abolition of the slave trade.

Pupils from the Royal Docks Community School based in Newham, London who are also involved in the project will watch the debate on the web. Actor, Chris Cade has researched the arguments around the slave trade using documents from the British Library and Wilberforce House.

The debate will be filmed by local film maker Jon Robson of Café Society and will form part of an on-line learning resource (www.mylearning.org) to be made available for the re-opening of Wilberforce house.

The event is part of the “Making an Impact” project run by the DCMS (Department for Culture Media and Sport) and run through the British Library and MLA (Museums Libraries and Archives) Yorkshire with schools working closely with Hull Museum Education Service, Harewood House and the British Library.

Pupils from the three schools are using historic documents and sources to learn about issues and techniques used in the anti-slavery campaigns leading to the abolition of the slave trade.

From January pupils will use their new found skills to focus on and develop campaigns around modern day issues. They will also be working with Creative Practitioners to create innovative work based on film, art and graphic novels based on their campaigns. Work will be showcased from all three schools at an event in March to be held in Hull.

View the full debate below :-

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We are currently talking with The Refugee All Stars about the possability of a concert in the city of Hull, UK; the twin town of the All Stars. We are hoping the band will play in Hull early December. The visit will also include workshops with local school children.

Here is a short trailer for the documentary film SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS.

The film tells the remarkable story of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, a group of musicians who form a band while living in a West African refugee camp.

They were forced from their homes by a brutal civil war that took the lives of many of their loved ones and left them with physical and emotional scars that may never heal. But it could never take away their music.

Through music they find a place of refuge, a sense of purpose and a source of power. This film follows the band over the course of three years as they make the difficult decision to return to their war-torn country and realize their dream of recording an album of their original music.

The story of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars celebrates the best of the human spirit - the incredible ability of individuals to sustain hope and find forgiveness even in a climate of rage and loss.