Screenings with Meaning

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Hackney young people, aged 15 and over, turned out in force  on  Friday 11 December to watch a free screening of the Oscar-winning film “Crash”, featuring Ludacris, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Terrence Howard and Thandi Newton, at the Town Hall.

The event, organised by the young people who make up Hackney Democracy Ambassadors with support from the Council’s Youth Services, launched the forthcoming programme of bi-monthly “Screenings with Meaning”. The free film and debate events have been developed, in consultation with other youth Ambassadors, to support young people in Hackney to get involved in positive activities. 

Hackney Democracy Ambassador, Jade Benn, 17, said: “We want to encourage young people to be more insightful about social and political issues in a way that they can relate to. The project will screen films that are entertaining and that will also provoke debate and promote involvement amongst young people from across the borough.”   

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