Previous Projects
PREVIOUS PROJECT, 2008: ‘A MOTHER’S TEAR’
A short film by young people in Lambeth, produced by
Quiet Storm.
‘A Mother’s Tear’ is a powerful short film, written by Lambeth teenagers Jaron Williams and Alimur Rahman, as an ad to inspire young people to turn away from gun and gang related crime. The film has been co–directed by up-and-coming young director Dennis Gyamfi, who left a gang in Brixton to pursue a directing career, and Award–winning Commercials Director Trevor Robinson from Quiet Storm.
15 year olds Jaron Williams and Alimur Rahman, who knew Billy Cox who was shot dead in Lambeth last year, wrote the compelling film whilst on a creative workshop run by Quiet Storm for students at Lambeth Academy, the local school in the area. 100 teenagers were involved in the ‘Tackling Gun Crime Creatively’ competition, with 16 ‘finalists’ taking part in the special workshops. Jaron and Alimur’s idea won first prize out of everyone who entered, and they were awarded with the opportunity to bring their idea to life through Quiet Storm.
The film features the mother of a boy who has just been killed by a gun. The film follows her tear on an emotional journey, from being a tear on her face, to a bead of sweat on the forehead of her son’s killer, to a drop of blood from her son’s bullet wound. Over the action a chilling poem is read by a 15 year old boy, ending with the haunting line: “Not one mother cries because her son’s gone, but two”.
Trevor Robinson brings a wealth of experience to the project, being founder of both advertising agency Quiet Storm and production company Quiet Storm Films. Trevor has created of some of the most successful, talked about and innovative advertising campaigns of our era (including ads for ‘Heat’ magazine and the Orange Tango man). Trevor himself grew up on an estate in Lambeth. He plans to run similar Anti Gun Crime projects next year with other professional role models setting similar creative projects. Dennis Gyamfi, young film–maker and ex member of a gang in Brixton, currently mentors teenagers in South London to help them get out of gang culture and crime.
Not only Quiet Storm but everyone working on the film has given their time for free – the producers, directors, cast, crew and editors. We have also been donated free cinema space from Pearl & Dean. We hope you will also help give the opportunity to these young people to have a voice and inspire youngsters like them to turn away from gang culture.
There will be a QuickTime version of ‘A Mother’s Tear’ coming soon. If you’d like a HD version in the meantime, please email info@createnothate.org or call 020 7907 1140.
A short film by young people in Lambeth, produced by
Quiet Storm.
‘A Mother’s Tear’ is a powerful short film, written by Lambeth teenagers Jaron Williams and Alimur Rahman, as an ad to inspire young people to turn away from gun and gang related crime. The film has been co–directed by up-and-coming young director Dennis Gyamfi, who left a gang in Brixton to pursue a directing career, and Award–winning Commercials Director Trevor Robinson from Quiet Storm.
15 year olds Jaron Williams and Alimur Rahman, who knew Billy Cox who was shot dead in Lambeth last year, wrote the compelling film whilst on a creative workshop run by Quiet Storm for students at Lambeth Academy, the local school in the area. 100 teenagers were involved in the ‘Tackling Gun Crime Creatively’ competition, with 16 ‘finalists’ taking part in the special workshops. Jaron and Alimur’s idea won first prize out of everyone who entered, and they were awarded with the opportunity to bring their idea to life through Quiet Storm.
The film features the mother of a boy who has just been killed by a gun. The film follows her tear on an emotional journey, from being a tear on her face, to a bead of sweat on the forehead of her son’s killer, to a drop of blood from her son’s bullet wound. Over the action a chilling poem is read by a 15 year old boy, ending with the haunting line: “Not one mother cries because her son’s gone, but two”.
Trevor Robinson brings a wealth of experience to the project, being founder of both advertising agency Quiet Storm and production company Quiet Storm Films. Trevor has created of some of the most successful, talked about and innovative advertising campaigns of our era (including ads for ‘Heat’ magazine and the Orange Tango man). Trevor himself grew up on an estate in Lambeth. He plans to run similar Anti Gun Crime projects next year with other professional role models setting similar creative projects. Dennis Gyamfi, young film–maker and ex member of a gang in Brixton, currently mentors teenagers in South London to help them get out of gang culture and crime.
Not only Quiet Storm but everyone working on the film has given their time for free – the producers, directors, cast, crew and editors. We have also been donated free cinema space from Pearl & Dean. We hope you will also help give the opportunity to these young people to have a voice and inspire youngsters like them to turn away from gang culture.
There will be a QuickTime version of ‘A Mother’s Tear’ coming soon. If you’d like a HD version in the meantime, please email info@createnothate.org or call 020 7907 1140.