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As part of a large-scale national
network of projects, Manchester
Metropolitan University in
partnership with the Students’
Union is delivering a film and
arts festival which will explore
hate crime and inclusivity as two
opposing constructs.
Manchester is a strong and diverse community and its
resilience has been tested in the past year. We are proud to
be part of a city that has responded to violence with love,
music and art.
We have more in common than we do differences, and that’s
what we want to celebrate.
This festival is all about exploring how to bring people
together. And our students are at the heart of that. We’d
like you to consider how we can create and sustain diverse
communities that celebrate equality and difference. How
we can create a supportive culture that fights for victims of
discrimination at University and in Manchester. And how can
we imagine other futures with art.
You could explore the negative side, the positive side,
the voices of those who are not usually heard, a personal
experience, an imagined future or anything else that reflects
the themes.
This could take the form of:
+ Dialogue.
+ Monologue.
+ Public recital of politically or socially important speeches.
+ Poetry.
+ Spoken word performances.
You are welcome to perform your own work or perform
pieces submitted by the creative writing programme of study.
Your work can be used in and around the event in the form
of flash mob performances around campus as a way of
advertising the festival. With your submission please specify
how you would like it to be performed.
We require an expression of interest by Friday 22 June and
you to submit your work to arts.festival@mmu.ac.uk by
Thursday 20 September 2018.
There are three cash prizes of £500 each
available for entries across the project for the
most innovative and original production
If you would like to perform an original piece written by or
work collaboratively with our creative writing students this
can be set up by David Shirley (D.G.Shirley@mmu.ac.uk) and
James Draper (J.Draper@mmu.ac.uk.)
For more information visit: theunionmmu.org/arts-festival
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