In partnership with Contact Theatre, BBC writersroom have commissioned five World Wide writers and five film artists to make five short films. Their brief was to generate debate by producing thought-provoking 2 minute films on the theme of "Freedom".
The 5 films and partnerships are:
'Take It Slow'
Avril Jacobs (AV artist/short-film maker) with Avaes Mohammad (Writer/bio-chemist/rapper)
'Innocent Freedom'
Jaheda Choudry from Manchester (director & filmmaker) with Thambani Zimba from Zambia (Writer/poet/social worker)
'Ama-gi'
Ammar Malas from Syria living in Saudia Arabia (writer) with Lorna Giezot from London and Manchester ( AV)
'Geordie Jihad'
Saad Haroon from Pakistan ( writer/stand up comic/ his previous R3 commission Bora Bistrah) with Colin Simpson from Durham ( AV )
'Freedom'
Samira Arhin-Arquaah from Manchester ( writer/MC) with Kaustubh Bankapore from Pune, India ( filmmaker/theatre practitioner arts & events).
Click
here to go to the Showcase section of the website, and select a World Wide Jam artist to view all the films.
You can also click
here to go to the BBC's site to view the films and learn about the FreeThinking Festival in Liverpool where the films will be shown on the big screen as well as FACT, at BBC Merseyside.
