Bard or bias?
Quiet Storm’s Create Not Hate initiative launches two films by young under-represented Londoners that challenge racial stereotyping.
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- Post Production The Mill/London
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- DP Ian Murray
- Editor Dave Owen
- Creative Director Trevor Robinson
- Producer Alex Azis
- Creative Seb Jamous
- Creative Harry Iddon
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- DP Ian Murray
- Editor Dave Owen
- Creative Director Trevor Robinson
- Producer Alex Azis
- Creative Seb Jamous
- Creative Harry Iddon
“Tybalt, you rat-catcher” declames the actor, relishing the rhythm of Shakespeare’s deathless poetry. It’s a joyous depiction of three young thespians rehearsing a scene from Romeo & Juliet – fittingly, a play that explores the suffering wrought by prejudice.
It's the pay-off to the story of Heated Conversation, directed by Quiet Storm founder Trevor Robinson, which cleverly reveals the bias of a very beige couple making very wrong assumptions about the young Black males' activities.
Glimpsing the actors' tussle through a window, the couple mistake the rehearsal for a real fight; “probably a drug deal gone wrong,” assumes the man urging his wife not to call the police, as there may be “others” around.
Part of a multi-media campaign that includes digital display, press, posters, T-shirts and face masks, the shorts were live streamed this weekend to coincide with the Notting Hill Carnival, which, although cancelled, continued online to celebrate the spirit of protest, anti-racism and fellowship.
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- DP Ian Murray
- Editor Dave Owen
- Creative Director Trevor Robinson
- Producer Alex Azis
- Creative Seb Jamous
- Creative Harry Iddon
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- Agency Quiet Storm/London
- Post Production Quiet Storm
- Post Production The Mill/London
- Audio MassiveMusic/London
- DP Ian Murray
- Editor Dave Owen
- Creative Director Trevor Robinson
- Producer Alex Azis
- Creative Seb Jamous
- Creative Harry Iddon
The second film, Stitches, plays on the viewers' possible bias, as two young Black surgeons prepare to enter the operating theatre. Discussing making cuts and stemming blood flow – the implication is that assumption could be made that they are up to no good with knives.
The creative by young (13-22) under-represented Londoners draws on their own experiences of racism and racial profiling, and marks the first works to come from Create Not Hate, a project that gives voice to talents from deprived London boroughs. The concepts behind the films came from Emmanuel Areoye, 17, of Camberwell and were inspired by the theme, “that’s not me.”
Trevor Robinson commented: “Thirteen years ago, I launched Create Not Hate to open the eyes of black inner-city school kids to their creative potential. Fast forward to 2020 and, while much has changed, much still hasn’t. Profound inequalities in society, as well as the issue of the lack of diverse talent being fully utilised in our particular industry, remain unresolved.”
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