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Wednesday 25 June 2008

"Disarming"

Channel Four are going to launch a gun and knife crime season, starting on Monday 30 June 2008 in attempts to raise awareness and help fight the growing epidemic. Channel 4 takes an unflinching look at the increasing use of violence and weapons by young people on the nation's streets.
Facing up to some uncomfortable truths about gun and knife crime, the season explores the effect of this disturbing trend on offenders, victims and society at large.

The season involves:
Dead Ends
A 3D game produced exclusively for the Disarming Britain season. You can play on both sides of the law as Keith Wilcox, a new gang recruit caught in a deadly situation he can't handle, or as Detective Jameson, an officer investigating a gang killing that's turning up nothing but dead ends.

Fallout
A feature-length, gripping drama, adapted by award-winning playwright Roy Williams from his acclaimed stage play. Fallout is a passionate and powerful reflection on race and law and order in the wake of the murders of Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor.
Actor and writer Lennie James, who will star in Fallout, has written an open letter to knife carriers.

Dispatches
Helen Newlove is the widow of Garry Newlove, who was kicked to death outside his home in Cheshire. This film follows her search to find answers to problem of youth crime in the UK and abroad. As she meets police officers, politicians and young offenders, will it change her view that young people are now offered too much protection at the expense of the rest of society?

Kids, Knives & Broken Lives
Hear the personal testimonies of teenagers from across the UK as Channel 4 explores what led these young men and women to arm themselves. How have they become so comfortable with casual violence? Looking for answers, the film asks those who carry weapons, and those who fear them, what they think the solutions might be.

Eye 4 An Eye
AJ Nakasila is a 17-year-old from the East End of London. He has made six short films about gangland revenge and how it affects the everyday lives of the friends who make up his close inner circle.

The trailer..... although it does seem primarily focused on gun crime rather than knife crime.

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