Education

A look at the UK’s educational system — its shortcomings, its reliance on a rigid, one-size-fits-all model, and the potential for a radical reimagination of learning and creativity.

The films in this collection spotlight young people campaigning for better infrastructure and new pedagogical models, explore issues around truancy, and the potential of alternative education initiatives like the Intermediate Education Centre (IEC) and the Basement Project, where young people take learning into their own hands by making films about their own self-representation.

Featured titles include: Old Schools, New Buildings (1977), Open Door: East End Channel 1 (1973), Let's See Action Basement Writers TV Show (1976), Being White (1987), Has School Failed Us (1980s), How to Run a Meeting, Basement News (1975), Let's See Action Basement Writers' TV Show (1976), Tower Hamlets Arts Band (THAP) Basement Writers' Lunchtime Show (1976).