Our youth project has signed up to a film and documentary scheme. The members are excited, but I find some of the films too sexually explicit and violent. I am concerned, but feel a bit stuffy saying so.
Films are a fabulous way of bringing young people together, and can promote stimulating discussion. There are numerous films that could be viewed as both entertaining and educational in the way they relate to relationships, history, politics and the human condition. Such movies can form an excellent springboard for ongoing work. The British Film Institute (bfi.org.uk) is a great place to start.
A good film can encourage others to make their own films and documentaries and technology today provides opportunities for this to happen. Also, the British Board of Film Classification (bbfc.co.uk) runs a series of workshops in schools and clubs that explains the classification process.
This will not solve your content problem, but you can draw your young people’s attention to the broader issues rather than the sex and violence. You could review how films are classified and relate this to what you allow to be shown.
Answered by Tracie Trimmer-Platman, senior lecturer in youth and community work at the University of East London
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