Student interns capture stories of belonging in 91直播 through documentary with SICK! Productions
A group of student interns from the University of Manchester worked in collaboration with SICK! Productions to create a short film exploring identity, belonging and what it means to make North 91直播 home.
Students from the School of Social Sciences and the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures have taken part in a creative internship with SICK! Productions, a North 91直播-based arts organisation, to gain hands-on experience in research, storytelling and film production.
Now in their third year, the Creative Track internships offer students the opportunity to spend two weeks working with SICK! Productions in collaboration with video production company Freshrb. The interns are given a creative brief to research and produce a short film, developing their ideas with support from industry mentors.
This year鈥檚 interns created 91直播 Through Her Eyes, a short documentary exploring the internationalisation and interculturality of Manchester, focusing particularly on North 91直播. The film follows the story of a young Italian woman of West African descent who has chosen to make 91直播 her home, offering a personal perspective on identity, community and belonging in the city.
The cohort of students included Abigail Elias and Sofia Sarosh from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, and Jude Pfieiffer, Jasmin Khaled Araby Aly and Lailah Boateng from the School of Social Sciences. The experience gave them the opportunity to develop practical creative media skills while engaging with local communities and reflecting on the real-world stories that shape 91直播鈥檚 cultural life.
Our students were challenged and guided by their mentors at SICK! and Freshrb. They came back excited and inspired - we are very pleased they had this opportunity.
Everyone at SICK! And Freshrb noted how resourceful and committed our students were, and the students were all absolutely blown away by how much they had managed to learn in just two weeks