My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored

My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored

3 Aug - 15 Oct 2022

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Fifteen-year-old Reece is roughly accosted by the police outside M&S. His face presses into the wet gravel as a policeman digs a knee into his back.

His teacher Gillian watches on, frozen out of fear for her own safety.

The next day, Reece locks them both in her classroom and refuses to relinquish the key. He wants her to pay – and to fully understand the pain of the irreversible breakdown of trust her inaction has caused.

My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored is an urgent interrogation of racial identity by Nana-Kofi Kufuor, directed by Dermot Daly.

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A teenage pupil shouting at his teacher in a classroom
L-R Jelani D_Aguilar and Misha Duncan-Barry Credit Robling photography
A teenage pupil recounting his story as his scared teacher listens behind
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