URBAN POETS SOCIETY

A group of troubled and troublesome teenagers with attitude reluctantly learn how to write and appreciate poetry and in the process learn how to channel their anger and steer away from violence.

NOTE: please note the Video Clip attached to this application is a research clip only and it does not reflect the style and look of the final piece.

Set against the backdrop of urban London, this film is a semi fly-on-the-wall documentary about a group of disturbed and disruptive teenagers aged between 12 and 18-years-old, who learn to express their feelings through poetry. In the process, they learn to channel and articulate their anger and disruptive emotions and steer away from street violence and crime. The film will have a similar feel and message to Dead Poets Society, Entre Les Murs and Etre et Avoir, only there's nothing fictional about it.