A selection of youth-focussed films made in collaboration with Changing the Story
Changing the Story is a 4 year Arts and Humanities Research Council/Global Challenges Research Fund Network plus project that uses arts-based and participatory methodologies to organisations that work with young people to help them shape post-conflict societies. We're currently working in 14 countries and one of the things many of the groups we've worked with like to do is to make films. This work has also allowed us to work with other fascinating projects, including the Cross-language dynamics: re-shaping community Open World Research Initiative Project, led by the University of Manchester.
Phendulani is a young man who comes to Lethi'themba Safe Park. Find out more about his story here.
Some of the films we've made with young people as part of our work with the Bishop Simeon Trust
The young people at Bonisiwe Safe Park share their ambitions and dreams of the future. Filmed with and by them in Magaluga Heights, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng South Africa.
The Youth Committee members at Bonisiwe Safe Park talk about the challenges they face and how their Safe Park helps them. Filmed on location in Magaluga Heights, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Find out more at www.bstrust.org
One of a number of films made by young people at Tshepo Hope Safe Park in in Tsakane, Kwa Themba with students from the University of Leeds.
One of a number of films made by young people at Tshepo Hope Safe Park in in Tsakane, Kwa Themba with students from the University of Leeds.
One of a number of films made by young people at Tshepo Hope Safe Park in in Tsakane, Kwa Themba with students from the University of Leeds.
One of a number of films made by young people at Tshepo Hope Safe Park in in Tsakane, Kwa Themba with students from the University of Leeds.
One of a number of films made by young people at Tshepo Hope Safe Park in in Tsakane, Kwa Themba with students from the University of Leeds.
In Lebanon, we've been working with the British Council, the the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, and young people living in and around Beirut to think about the legacy of violence in the city on their lives today (work funded by the 'Cross-language dynamics: re-shaping community' Open World Research Initiative, led by the University of Manchester)
This was a film we made right at the start of the project, designed to give an overview of our intentions.
We've also run a project in collaboration with other colleagues at Leeds, looking at how vulnerable young people negotiate the legacy of dark pasts on their lives today, working with groups in Brazil, India and South Africa.
This film gives you an overview of the project, including some extended clips from the films the groups made.
Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba amplifies the voices of young South Africans telling the stories of the Karoo. Between 10 and 20 young adults from Graaff-Reinet will be recruited into a “co-creator collective” (CCC). The CCC will use the video equipment and training provided by the project to source, film, edit, and analyse community stories about the land and its stewards in order to produce digital media, theatrical performance, and research outputs that form part of a new youth-led environmental justice activist programme under the aegis of the local #BanFracking campaign of the Support Centre for Land Change (SCLC) and in partnership with the existing youth group “Youth-in-Power” in Graaff-Reinet.
Meanwhile, also in South Africa, other people from the Changing the Story community of projects have also been working with young activists to engage with civil society and make their voices heard.