Newcastle-based Superkrush Films has seen its award-winning asylum seeker film premiered in London.Highlighting the personal traumas and struggles faced by young asylum seekers, the thought provoking film was screened during National Refugee Week in the capital’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
Superkrush, in conjunction with Save the Children, organised a series of drama workshops for a group of young asylum seekers and refugees back in 2007 to produce the film called Tuesday at the Grand.
Set in a hotel called ‘The Grand’, the film, which was joint funded by the Department of Education and Skills and MEDIABOX, explores the contrast between the comforts of British workers and the issues faced by young asylum seekers and refugees coming into the country.
Superkrush director and If we can, you can member Chris Taylor said: “As part of Refugee Week, the V&A Museum will screen Tuesday at the Grand to allow these young people to get their voices heard and get their films watched by a wider audience.
“The film highlights not only the issues that these young, vulnerable people face in the workplace, but also their enormous skills set in front of, and behind, the camera.
“Tuesday at the Grand aims to show people that these troubles are happening all around them on their doorstep and not just in the news.
“The film presents an important and frequently silenced subject matter from the fresh prospective of those individuals most closely affected by it.
“By allowing these young people a platform to voice their opinions, these films not only present thought-provoking and original dramatic material, but also serve as a springboard from which the matters of asylum and refugee status can be evaluated, understood and discussed.
“The film will now be used as an aid to understanding a marginalised and often misunderstood sector of society.”
Tuesday at the Grand won the Special Commendation category at the International Community Film Festival in 2008.
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