The three minute Inspire-marked drama screened during the summer at the Weymouth Olympic live sites, ICCI 360 dome and National Sailing Academy, is being shown at the Co-operative Film Festival in Manchester this November.
The film, made by year five children at Wyke Regis Junior School supported by a team of artists from Dorchester Arts, tells the story of an Olympic sailor battling strong winds - and an emotional link with a shipping disaster off Dorset’s Chesil beach more than 140 years ago.
Project Producer, dramatherapist Sharon Hayden said the children had studied and photographed their locations to give the film a strong sense of place and local identity. “In their research they found a first hand account of the wreck of the Royal Adelaide in a head teacher’s log book from 1872. This gave them the idea to link a Victorian tragedy with the 2012 Olympics,” she explained.
“We are incredibly grateful to First Light for believing in us. Thanks to their support, these nine and ten year old children have produced some remarkable work. It has been a transformative experience for them.”
Watch The Helpful Dead here www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/projects
More about the production team: www.screen-play.co.uk.
The project was funded by the Lottery through the BFI’s First Light initiative.
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