Life is Just a Dream on the Way to Death
From the collection of
Lingdale Carnival and Carlin How Gala 1990
- Lingdale
- 1990
Life is Just a Dream on the Way to Death
A zealous script from passionate performers who are stretching their creative wings.
A short drama produced and directed by Dave Brunskill but written and performed by pupils of De Brus School in Skelton, telling the story of Trisha, a teenager who is forced by her friends to choose between two rival groups. Instead, she takes a third path and decides to take her own life. The film looks at the consequences of such an action and is filmed over her grave in Skelton churchyard. The film is five minutes long, but the tape also includes outtakes.
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Community Arts & Festivals
A lively mix of creative efforts brings fresh opportunities and perspectives to forgotten northern communities.
The healing power of art is especially important in the most deprived areas of the North East. While millions of pounds are invested in job creation and saving declining industries, the creative spirit of people living with deprivation is easily neglected. Community arts programmes are often the first victims of budget cuts. But, as these films show, community art can leave a legacy of hope, curiosity, and self-confidence among the people who need nurturing most.
Village Arts was a community filmmaking organisation set up in the 1980s to give creative outlets to people living in cultural deserts. In the 1990s Village Arts launched a project to bring together some of East Cleveland's most remote communities, and artists and filmmakers who could help them find their voice. These films are a legacy of that unique collaboration.
10 videos in this collection
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Lingdale Carnival and Carlin How Gala 1990
2
Carling How Gala 1992
3
Avalanche Arts
4
Pier Pressure '97
5
Animation Workshop
6
Tees
7
Eyes of Fire
8
Life is Just a Dream on the Way to Death
9
Skinningrove Bonfire: Pirates 1999
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