Written, directed and produced by George Mathew and made alongside other students of the North East Media Training Centre (NEMTC), a film about Newcastle born political activist Abdul Malik. Made when he was still only a teenager, the film speaks with him about the issues he sees of racism and inequality and how he is working to overcome these problems and to empower black youths through the formation of the Newcastle Black Youth Movement. Title: Conflict and Change Filmed at high-speed...

Written, directed and produced by George Mathew and made alongside other students of the North East Media Training Centre (NEMTC), a film about Newcastle born political activist Abdul Malik. Made when he was still only a teenager, the film speaks with him about the issues he sees of racism and inequality and how he is working to overcome these problems and to empower black youths through the formation of the Newcastle Black Youth Movement. Title: Conflict and Change Filmed at high-speed from a bus stop in Newcastle traffic moves along a darkened street. The sun begins to rise as the amount of traffic increases. Turning into and walking along a back-alley Abdul Malik introduces himself explaining that he has spent nearly all his life in the city of Newcastle. The faces of three women looking at a cinema screen change to Abdul walking through a children’s playground intercut with images taken from various television programmes as well as a montage of still images. In voiceover he talks about how his experiences at school made him become more political as a black man. On a walkway that forms part of a block of council flats Abdul talks about the problems black people in Newcastle have on council estates such as this one from some of the white population. Abdul stands on Brighton Grove in the Arthur’s Hill areas of Newcastle, around him several South Asian businesses and restaurants including the Brighton Indian Tandoori take away and the Brighton Oriental Food Store. He talks about the issues black people have of finding employment. Filmed at high-speed traffic moving along a dual-carriageway and Abdul walking past ‘Eastern Taste’ Tandoori take away. Back on the walkway Abdul talks about bringing young black people together and the formation of the Newcastle Youth Black Movement. Inside their youth club Abdul climbs a set of stairs walking into an officer where he answers a telephone. In voiceover he talks about the struggles setting up the club and about his role as a full-time co-ordinator. As he takes a folder from a cabinet, he looks through the paperwork at a desk, he talks about his campaigning work to help support victims of racial harassment. Back on the walkway Abdul walks over to the edge and looks out across the Newcastle skyline, he talks about people needing a radical organisation. In a cinema an audience looking mesmerised at the screen. The film ends with Abdul walking through a concreate underpass covered in graffiti explaining that he is still young and still learning, but the only way forward is to get organised. Credit: Camera Operator Elaine Scott Camera Assistant Jaqueline Kerr Sound Recordist Steven Makenna Assistant Sound Emily Mokoena Assistant Editor Elaine Scott Producer Stuart Turnbull Written, Directed and Produced by George Mathew Title: Thanks to Abdul Malik, Penny Woolcock, all at NEMTC