Our Streets Now calls out public sexual harassment
A bold campaign directed by Emily Freda Sharp takes an unflinching look at how gendered violence affects women and girls’ safety and self-confidence.
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- Production Company Brother Film
- Director Emily Freda Sharp
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Credits
View on- Agency Client Direct
- Production Company Brother Film
- Director Emily Freda Sharp
- Executive Producer Luke Ellingham
- Executive Creative Director Marcus Ellingham
- Editor Andre Rodrigues
- Editing/Post Production/Color OkayStudio
- Executive Post Producer Athene Xenia Aristocleous
- Executive Post Producer Jack Howard
- Colorist Alex O'Brien
- Sound/Music Brother Film
- Composer/Sound Designer Hugo Ellingham
- Producer Michaela Lowe
- DP Willow Bidwell
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Credits
powered by- Agency Client Direct
- Production Company Brother Film
- Director Emily Freda Sharp
- Executive Producer Luke Ellingham
- Executive Creative Director Marcus Ellingham
- Editor Andre Rodrigues
- Editing/Post Production/Color OkayStudio
- Executive Post Producer Athene Xenia Aristocleous
- Executive Post Producer Jack Howard
- Colorist Alex O'Brien
- Sound/Music Brother Film
- Composer/Sound Designer Hugo Ellingham
- Producer Michaela Lowe
- DP Willow Bidwell
In partnership with Brother Film, Media Trust and director Emily Freda Sharp, sexual harassment initiative Our Streets Now launched this hard-hitting campaign, titled SMILE! marking the UK’s landmark public sexual harassment law.
Realised through grounded storytelling and authentic performances from a teenage cast, the film captures the buzz and excitement of students getting ready for secondary school photo day.
The narrative turns on a stark contrast when a girl’s confident school picture smile is later echoed by an adult man telling her to ‘smile’, revealing how early and insidiously gendered violence shapes the way women and girls move through the world.
Emily Freda Sharp said: "We all know that misogyny is worryingly on the rise amongst young boys, but in making this film we wanted to look beyond the bleakness of Adolescence to an alternative teenage life; one that celebrates its endearing, awkward realities. Thanks to their anti‑misogyny workshops, Our Streets Now are making this future all the more possible.”
