Youth Film Project

For a year I worked with verd de gris arts and young people from across the borough of Calderdale, in a bid to understand more about the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on them, their lives, their schooling, their families, their friends.

We discussed their attitudes to mental health and wellbeing, and some of the specific issues that impact on their happiness and quality of life.

The resulting films  range in subject matter from self-harm, sexuality and identity and neurological disorders. They are beautifully filmed, and reflect the strong degree of trust I built up with each young person: there is a rare honesty and openness in the way these young people talk about their world and their futures.