digital:works is currently running a project with young people from four schools who are making documentaries about their local street markets. We have arranged for the young people to undertake historical research at their local archives and then provide workshops in oral history, film making and interview techniques which enable the young people themselves to make the films with ongoing support from us. They are then visiting their markets to interview traders and shoppers with an emphasis on exploring the history of the markets.
This project explores who we are, where we've come from and where we're going - as individuals and as communities.
Our Working Lives explores how work patterns have changed from the 20th to the 21st century. It uses the Poole/Parkstone area as a launching pad to investigate people's memories of leaving school and entering the workforce between 1945 and 1950. The project compares this to the present day by interviewing people about their situation now.
digital:works developed this film project with a group of residents living on Rowley Way Estate in NW London. The Grade II* listed building features frequently in TV dramas and the intention of the film was to give residents the opportunity to explore the ideas behind the design of the estate and to examine people's experience living on the estate. Through workshops the group decided on the direction of the film and then went on to interview architect Neave Brown and dozens of their neighbours to explore how the original ideas worked in practise.
digital:works is an arts and educational charity that works with communities, providing training and creative assistance to produce arts and media projects.
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> Social Housing Film Project [ISHA]
> School's Animation Project
> St Hilda's East Film Project
> Brick Lane animated film