Touching Road: Exploring Knife Crime

Synopsis: This programme is written by and features young men serving custodial sentences at HMP Hollesley Bay. Working alongside professional film makers from Red Rose Chain they have created a film which is at once gritty, emotional and powerful. With the accompanying educational notes it is an excellent tool for discussing issues surrounding knife crime, including Carrying a weapon; Gangs; Making positive choices. Also included are short interviews with the young men about the making of the film.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 2008
Subjects: Social Studies
Keywords: young offenders; knife crime; gang culture

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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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