Thursday 24 January 2013

Reality of UK poverty captured in online BBC Storyville films

Reality of UK poverty captured in online BBC Storyville films
via JRF – Combined Feed by Andy Glynne

Three eye-opening JRF/BBC documentaries are now available to watch online.
Filmmaker Andy Glynne discusses the Why Poverty? series.

Some months ago, Mosaic Films got together with JRF and BBC Storyville to see if we could make some films about poverty in the UK for the global Why Poverty? project.

I was really keen to make some short documentaries, using talented filmmakers from across the country. Although energised and excited by the idea, I also knew that there were huge gaps in my knowledge.

But, of course, the sort of poverty that we see on our television screens doesn’t exist in the UK, does it?

Read on and find out


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