For the month of February Big Screen Birmingham is showcasing a collection of Community films.

These are either films produced within a community or community-based stories about people. For more information about these films please see the attached programme. We are also showing 'Short Shakespeare' - bits of Shakespeare (13 in fact) in contemporary settings.   

Here's this week's schedule:

Saturday, Monday to Friday @ 10am: Personal Best, Sisters with Voices
Saturday @ 7pm & 8.20pm, Friday @ 7pm, 8.30pm & 10.35pm (Music Videos): Living it Up, LG Tee, UXL, 2030 Memory, Open Mindz
Monday to Friday @ 11am & 4pm: Short Shakespeare
Monday to Friday @ 12pm: Solihull Together, Buenos Aires 1 & 2
Monday to Friday @ 3pm, Monday & Tuesday @ 10.35pm: Home
Monday to Friday @ 5pm: Common Ground, Shades of Black, Graffiti in Our Community, My Brum
Monday to Thursday @ 7.30pm: Talking Lives, Talking Communities, Sisters with Voices, Life in Sutton Park

More Information

Buenos Aires 1 & 2 by Mark Raeburn & Anton Califano
A documentary about the lives of young people living in Argentina.

Common Ground by Yvonne Halloran
This affectionate portrait looks at a city allotment group and how each of the characters have created their own idyll out of a disused piece of land.

Graffiti in our Community provided by BBC Birmingham
Does Graffiti have a place in our community? A discussion by young people.

Home by Rebecca Hardy
This documentary explores the notion of home and identity through the eyes of 5 young people living in West Bromwich.

Life in Sutton Park provided by BBC Birmingham
Still shots of Sutton Park.

My Brum by Sandy McClure
Birmingham through the eyes of Sandy.

Personal Best by Adrian Goldberg
Black Country marathon runner Dave Heeley prepares for the New York marathon.

Shades of Black provided by BBC Birmingham
School children help plant seeds on the Uplands Allotments in Handsworth.

Sisters with Voices provided by BBC Birmingham
A community group in the West Midlands organises dance classes for local girls.

Solihull Together provided by BBC Birmingham
A documentary looking at a local organisation that helps people with learning disabilities.

Talking Lives, Talking Communities by Soho Youth Projects
A documentary chronicling young people’s views on community cohesion in Birmingham.

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