The Drum

Thursday 24th August

Sampad and Concord Youth Centre presents

Slippin
Made by Birmingham filmmakers with participants from the Concord Youth Centre, and as part of My Endz film project, Slippin is a hard-hitting and powerful portrayal of life in inner-city Brum. The film dramatises real life experiences in order to explore conflicting youth sub-cultures, including allegiances to turf and territory, in which the hood is divided by geographical borders creating ‘no go’ areas and thereby segregating communities by postcodes.

Alien Asian
Made in the 90’s by Black Multimedia collective. Working with Asian youths from Oldham Youth Clubs, the film makers based the script on the lived experiences of the young people and got them and members of the wider community to devise the script and act in the film.
Set against a backdrop of drug dealers, corrupt leaders, false preachers and the hostile racist streets of Oldham, this powerful and moving drama looks at the dayin the life of two young friends and their daily struggle for survival.
The screening will be followed by a post show discussion with the filmakers and the cast.