Freedom Ain't Free (2006) - part of the Brainchild Project

A 10 minute documentary about teenagers' experiences of injustice, made by young people between the ages of 16 and 18. Freedom Ain't Free tells stories of knife crime and institutional racism in a dynamic style which includes animation. Made with the support of First Light, The British Film Institute and The Hayward Gallery.

Freedom Ain't Free will be screening in the Doc It! youth programme of the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto this April. It screened at BFM Film Festival in 2007 and was nominated for "Best Film by 13 and over" at the 2008 First Light Film Festival. View an interview with one of the filmmakers in The Guardian

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You and also view the film on the Society Guardian website