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P_38 CAtch up | # 10_July 2012 Vision<br />
P _39<br />
shot for strAying into the<br />
wrong PostCode<br />
PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award film about gang violence<br />
wins at edinburgh international film festival<br />
One Mile Away, which received a PUMA.<br />
Creative Catalyst Award in 2011, has<br />
won the Michael Powell award for best<br />
British feature film. Directed by Penny<br />
Woolcock, the documentary follows<br />
the efforts of two rival gang leaders to<br />
forge a truce in Birmingham and bring<br />
to an end years of violence. Inner cities<br />
are little war zones in which bloody<br />
wars are fought. Gangs of young men<br />
stab and shoot each other for straying<br />
into the wrong postcode. One Mile Away<br />
tells the human side of gang violence in<br />
the Jamaican <strong>com</strong>munity in Birmingham,<br />
of people who are both perpetrators<br />
and victims. This <strong>com</strong>pelling tale<br />
of courage and determination, with a<br />
smooth hip-hop soundtrack, follows rivaling<br />
gang members Dylan and Shabba<br />
as they attempt to broker a peace<br />
agreement after being introduced by<br />
filmmaker Penny Woolcock. ><br />
© Alex Piatti<br />
ONE MILE AWAY:<br />
The acclaimed documentary<br />
gives an insight into gang<br />
wars in British Birmingham<br />
PUMACreative<br />
Catalyst Award
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