A film aimed at 11-14 year-olds as a way of triggering young people’s thinking and discussion around the issues of carrying and using knives.  The primary target audience is Year 7-9 school children – young people who may not yet have thought about carrying knives, or are starting to carry them as self-defence.

A Knife in the Life was produced alongside the Half Moon Young People’s Theatre in Limehouse, East London, following a series of powerful workshops involving the theatre’s young actors and a drama facilitator.

An educational film designed to engage young people aged 12-16 in addressing key issues in relation to joyriding and dangerous driving in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

We worked with cast of non-professional actors from schools in Barking and Dagenham area to produce this powerful short film.

The DVD is accompanied by an education pack produced by London Borough of Dagenham’s Education Department.

This film was produced for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Bidders’ Day, held in January 2007.

We worked alongside students from St Paul’s Way Trust School to produce this short film, giving them the opportunity to have their voices heard on how they felt about their school facilities and what improvements they would like for the future of their school.

This short film explores Roma identity and challenges common misconceptions about Roma culture and behaviour.

We worked alongside young Roma, who perform in the film, to create Be Roma or Die Tryin’. It is a journey through their heritage and across London, examining Britain’s ignorance of their culture while celebrating the new life they are making for themselves.

A film exploring older people’s fear of young people in the London Borough of Sutton.

It aims to reduce fear by increasing understanding of young people and their needs and dispel the myth that most young people are responsible for crime and anti-social behaviour.

This film is part of a wider intergenerational project that took place in January-April 2005 involving consultation with older and younger people, as well as community services.

Big Screen Science, supported by The Wellcome Trust and NESTA, was a nationwide project that enabled secondary school students to produce films focussing on a range of issue-based biomedical science topics from Xenotransplantation to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

We worked with the six schools chosen from across the UK to make the Big Screen Science films.

The project resulted in six 10 minute films, a mix of documentaries and dramas, and an accompanying teaching resource pack.

The six films are:

The Stem Cell Controversy
Ballyclare High School, Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND

A documentary looking at stem cell therapy through the eyes of a former pupil who was 
left paralysed after a rugby accident.

The Law of Averages
Barrhead High School, Glasgow. SCOTLAND

A drama about organ donation.

Lab Rats
Stanwell School, Penarth, WALES

A film based on the style of a reality TV show looking at the morals and ethics of stem cell therapy.

The Perry Pigger Show
Manchester, ENGLAND (NORTH).

Abraham Moss High School with an animated film about xenotransplantation

The Boy Who Would be Good
Ridgeway School, Plymouth, ENGLAND (SOUTH-WEST)

A drama about ADHD

Facing up to Life
Frogmore School, Hampshire, ENGLAND (SOUTH-EAST)

A drama about face transplants.

The Birthday Card is a short drama inspired by young people from Eastside Youth Centre, Bow, East London who wanted to highlight some of the issues affecting young people today: gang conflict, street crime, peer pressure and teenagers. A lot can happen in the day of a teenager…

These films were made as part of Hi8us’ Bow By Blow project – an innovative SRB (Single Regeneration Budget) scheme designed to engage and train young people in both performance and in digital media production skills in the Bow, Poplar and Limehouse areas of East London.’

Brothers, 16 mins

A story following the ups and downs of three brothers Naz, Shah and Jay.

Shah finds his youngest brother Jay with drugs. When he realises that the drugs came from drug-dealing brother Naz, it sets the three brothers off on a collision course that hurtles out of control.

Created and devised by the cast, the film was made in collaboration with Poplar HARCA and the Burdett Centre in East London.

Sisters, 16 mins

Sisters Tasha and Tanisha have a dream – to get into the music business and out of Bow, East London. Their ticket out of there is ‘Da Clique’, a four-strong all-girl garage band.

Good sister, bad sister, they are always at each other, but that’s normal. Then the rumours start – Tanisha is seeing Tasha’s boyfriend. It spreads through the crew and back to Tasha.

But are the rumours true? And can Da Clique survive the final revelation?

Created and devised by the cast, the film was made in collaboration with Poplar HARCA and the Linc Community Centre in Bow, East London.

This training video was produced for the London Borough of Waltham Forest and follows four drug education lessons demonstrating good practice in the delivery of drug education at Key Stages 1 and 2.

Years 1, 2, 3 and 5 are shown being taught a drug education lesson in which issues such as setting ground rules, planning and preparation and teaching effectively are explored.

It includes lively interviews with teachers and pupils which also address pertinent issues.