Sin Bin of the City - first screening at Museum of Liverpool


In 2016, I won the ITN Source Short Film Competition at Sheffield Doc/Fest for my short film 'Ferguson, Missouri'. Upon winning, I was granted full access to the vast archives of ITN to inspire, and feature in, my new film, Sin Bin of the City. It was during the early stages of production that I began to see similarities to the 2014 race-related community backlash in Ferguson and the events that occurred in my home city of Liverpool 36-years previous. Racial tensions had been growing for years in Ferguson, much like Toxteth, Liverpool, and the result was a community coming together in violence and protest. Whilst archive footage provided me with a snapshot of events, I knew I needed to become involved with the community itself and hear, first-hand, the personal stories behind the newsreel images of this important political and social moment in British history.
