Songs From Next Door

Form Documentary Premiere Status World Country United Kingdom Year 2020 Running Time 10min Language Arabic, Bulgarian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Greek, Panjabi Director Phil Moody, Carolyn Edwards Screenwriter Phil Moody, Carolyn Edwards Producer Phil Moody, Carolyn Edwards Sound Carolyn Edwards Created as part of the series ‘Present Tense’, this short is a spoken word/documentary hybrid, that poetically reflects on personal experiences of the British education system. Debris Stevenson returns to her school memories, relating her feelings as someone with dyslexia, and the frustration of being labelled a failure. Members of the Leeds based Commoners Choir filmed a selection of friends and acquaintances in their local community, celebrating different heritages, cultures and languages including Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Greek and Punjabi. The result is a moving no- budget documentary short celebrating languages, song and notions of home.