We're a film production company passionate about bringing to screen the stories concerning the realities of marginalised groups.
Joined March 2012
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14 Mar 2022
Our short documentary “Weathering” is now available to watch online and on @AJEnglish this week.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this film, to our funders @TheDocSociety and our crowdfund supporters! 💙
14 Mar 2022
Young Black men in London were 19 times more likely to be stopped and searched by the police than others in 2020.
Dwayne Francis, a Black school worker, was handcuffed within minutes of being stopped and searched. What exactly happened? Full film: aje.io/Weathering
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20 May 2024
Fantastic day @IOE_London with soon new Citizenship teachers, about their transformation over year & future teacher thinking & learning from Leon Oldstrong @SolarisTwo with films inc. through VR Virtually There movie & Sam Clarke @CanterburyCCUni demystifying implications of #AI
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30 Jan 2023
The power of film making to tell stories about & from multiple perspectives, to provide tools to use in teaching to combat discrimination is essential. Thanks Leon Oldstrong & Harrison Daniels @SolarisTwo for sharing this @IOE_London, your creativity & experiences improve lives.
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4 Sep 2022
The VR film shines a light on violent knife crime from the myriad of perspectives of all those involved. Brought to you by @SolarisTwo
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2 Sep 2022
Great to the have the cast of ‘The Lies Of Our Confines’ with us Joining now, @BrisBlakHorrorC I’m conversation with the Director Actors 🎬🎥
@UKScreenSkills
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31 Aug 2022
We’re excited to have two films screening as part of this weekend celebrating British filmmakers of colour @wshed - if you’re in Bristol, come down! watershed.co.uk/whatson/1144…
30 Aug 2022
🤩 INSPIRED by @cables_cameras kicks off on Friday and we can't wait!
From VR to talks, check out the full programme that will be celebrating the work of filmmakers of colour ⬇️
watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas…
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5 Jul 2022
Right now. @ACitizenshipT conference delegates experiencing @SolarisTwo Virtually There movie as part of Citizenship education & the Metaverse opportunities & risks. Teachers need to get on board with the metaverse. #futcited #criticalmedialiteracy
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2 Jul 2022
Excited to be @ACitizenshipT events next week. Attending cit ed awards @UKParliament Monday & then presenting two workshops Tuesday 1st with @SolarisTwo about metaverse & #citizenshipeducation & Virtually There movie, 2nd about #futcited knowledge with @citizen_LJ @HughStarkey
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27 Jun 2022
Brilliant review of our film Virtually There by @Miss__Azam in the latest edition of
'Teaching Citizenship' @ACitizenshipT
Read here: bit.ly/3ygyaXx
Virtually There website bit.ly/3xZnc7F
#VR #virtuallytheremovie #knifecrime #citizenship
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27 Jun 2022
We are looking forward to welcoming @IoECitPGCE and @SolarisTwo to the Conference next week- this is going to be an excellent workshop that showcases the potential of technology in the classroom
#FutureCitEd
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4 Apr 2022
Excited about joining our longstanding ally Hans Svennevig @IoECitPGCE for this workshop
#VirtualReality #VR #virtuallytheremovie
4 Apr 2022
We're excited to announce @IoECitPGCE and Writer/Director Leon Oldstrong will be delivering a workshop exploring the possibilities emerging from virtual reality, immersive film, augmented reality, and extended reality on 5 July
Read more: bit.ly/3uTjo6u
#FutureCitEd
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29 Mar 2022
Invigorating to talk to Leon Oldstrong @SolarisTwo & learn about new projects, like Weathering: youtube.com/watch?v=H067m1a2… a deeply powerful exploration of racism as experienced by a nurse & educator in the UK at the height of the pandemic after the murder of George Floyd @AJEnglish
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21 Mar 2022
Last week’s news of Child Q shows yet another example of the violence the state exacts on the Black community in the UK.
For every horrifying, high profile incident like this, there are hundreds of others who are suffering at the hands of racist institutions like @metpoliceuk
21 Mar 2022
For many Black people in the UK, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep-seated racism across the country.
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, find out more about the experiences of Black people across British society: aje.io/Weathering
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7 Mar 2022
We start today @IOE_London with an exceptionally powerful & essential session on VR using virtuallytheremovie.com an immersive film on knife crime to help us consider how to use this new technology effectively in the classroom. Thank you @SolarisTwo @EamonnIYeducate @iyeducate
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13 Dec 2021
We’re so proud that 'Growing up as a Somali in the UK', one of our #VolunteerFilms created by Leon Oldstrong and @SolarisTwo, for @movementatm, funded by @JohnLyonCharity has been nominated for a @CharityFilm_ Award!
✅ Vote here: smileymovement.org/organisat…
youtube.com/watch?v=KOVRGz5H…
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4 Dec 2021
Virtual reality puts a new spin on #medialiteracy. The next edition of @ACitizenshipT journal will start to think about this, we @IoECitPGCE with @SolarisTwo will consider it in the new year with virtuallytheremovie.com If you get a chance, do try VR out...Endless possibilities.
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18 Nov 2021
Feature Short: That's Not Ours "This short doc follows 17-year-old Ethan, who survived a completely unprovoked knife attack, and left to die on the street as people passed by. "
dir. Leon Oldstrong | @SolarisTwo
LINK: focalshadow.com/2021/11/16/t…
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29 Oct 2021
This week we screened our 360 film “Virtually There” for @MayorofLondon’s Violence Reduction Unit.
We want to get as many organisations working w/ at risk young people to see the film - so get in touch if this applies & you’d like to arrange a screening: virtuallytheremovie.com
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18 Oct 2021
Thank you @BFI for this special mention! We made this film to save lives, and hope that being part of this year’s #LFF will help us spread the message of the film further.
Huge thanks also to the festival team, and the other amazing XR projects which made up LFF Expanded.
The jury for the Immersive Art and XR award gave a Special Commendation to 'a piece that made us cry', Leon Oldstrong's Virtually There.
#LFFAwards #LFF
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