Home Sweet Home
Our short film is a series of animations showing a child’s perspective of war and how war affects children when the decision of going into war is made. It explores how it can impact children not only physically, but mentally also, and portrays the matter of how children’s views and feeling are sometimes not heard or even considered, maybe due to their age or maturity and are seen as insignificant. This does not excuse the pain and suffering that overwhelms many children and their families as a result of living in a war zone, from no fault of their own. Our film addresses the key questions, how does war affect children and ultimately their life and future aspirations? Is this really the future that we want for future generations?
Abida Yasmin, Safeen Ismat and Nadeya Haque
About me
Safeen, Abida & Nadeyaare taking part in what we want!, a media grant scheme run by youth charity Futureversity (formerly Tower Hamlets Summer Uni) and supported by Mediabox.www! helps young people aged 13-19 create a film or photo project about a subject they feel passionate about. The project offers mentoring, training and financial support over 4 months, culminating in a public exhibition in November.
This years exhibition, open to the public, takes place at Maverik Showroom from 23-28 November 2010.
To follow the project blog and see what the other students are up to, go to:
www.what-we-want.tumblr.com
To find out more about the project and Futureversity, visit:
www.futureversity.org/whatwewant
