Amnesty International –
Voice Our Concern Film Screening |
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Amnesty International’s Voice Our Concern initiative is a post-primary human rights education module for transition year students and youth drama groups. Amnesty believes that opportunities for young people in Ireland to express and address issues of concern to them are limited: young people are unable to vote and their concerns are not generally represented in the mainstream media.
Filmmakers and photographers such as Terry George, Frank Miller and Paddy Breathnach, worked with schools to produce short films on topics such as the experience of being a refugee in Ireland, homelessness and child neglect, and photography on issues such as the war in Iraq, prisoners' rights and sexual violence. The films were screened at the IFI in May and the photography was exhibited in Filmbase. The films have been produced as a DVD and will be used, along with an accompanying workbook on film and photography, as an educational resource in the classroom. |
‘Child of Our Time’
Ireland | 2006 | 9min | MiniDv | English
Director: Transition Year students of Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co Kerry with Terry George as consultant.
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This dramatised story is told from the perspective of a teenage girl and her father, who flee their war-torn country and the obstacles they experience while trying to seek refugee status in Ireland.
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‘Unity in Diversity’
Ireland | 2006 | 8min | MiniDv | English
Director: Transition Year students of The High School, Rathgar, Dublin, with Julie LE Brocquy as consultant.
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A young man from Burundi talks about daily life during the civil war in his home country and the difficulties of the asylum process he experienced when he came to Ireland.
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‘Homelessness in Dundalk’
Ireland | 2006 | 10min | MiniDV | English
Director: Transition Year students of St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co Louth, with Pat Murphy as consultant
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To examine the homelessness problem in Dundalk, St Louis students took to the streets to ask local people for their opinions and interview local authority staff.
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‘Where Do We Go From Here’
Ireland | 2006 | 5min | MiniDv | English
Director: Transition Year students of Holy Child Community School, Sallynoggin, Dublin, with Paddy Breathnach as consultant.
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| A dramatic story around two young lives and how they are affected by inequality, poverty and addiction. |
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