Crowdfunding Campaign
Celebrate Life CIC is raising funds to cover: - 2 animation videos, - 3 Interview videos, - 3 Music and Spoken Word videos.
We are once again turning to our amazing community, near and far, to support the production of our next batch of films.
Why we are Crowdfunding:
To find funding for independent filmmaking is always a challenge. Corporate sponsors often have their own agenda and funds come with strings attached. It's very important to us that we can tell the stories as they need to be told. Power to Change came about through the generous support of crowd-funders and we are hugely grateful for the freedom this allowed us while making the film.
This is why we have opted for crowdfunding for a second time.
Power to Change - Dwaynamics Community Centre
It’s a glorious sunny afternoon in Loughborough Park, and crowds are gathering at the new Community Centre, opening its doors for the first time under new management.
Smiling faces of garlanded volunteers greet the 250 guests, mainly families with children, attracted by the beats of reggae music, children’s laughter and the smell of a barbecue drifting over the warm air.
This Community Centre has been derelict for 8 years, standing in the centre of the park gathering dust and weeds. Now its potential is coming to life, under the ownership of local boxing gym Dwaynamics, who have refurbished it beautifully.
It couldn’t have gone into better hands. Lorraine Jones, Director of Dwaynamics, has a vision for this place and she’s already putting it into action before the official opening.
New Hope Event
Lockdown was a time of reflection as well as a time of many challenges, especially for musicians and artists. With this in mind, Celebrate Life applied to the LetsCreate fund from Arts Council England for an event themed on hope, featuring a selection of work generated over lockdown. The event tied in with many others across the country to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
We were over the moon to hear our bid was successful, and wasted no time crafting an event that showcased creativity as an agent for peace. We chose to host the event at a chic, modern venue in Streatham Hill called Streatham Space Project. The event was named ‘New Hope, New Beginnings’ and featured local talent, rappers, singers, film and dance. It was free and promoted locally, making it accessible to the whole community and especially those who may have struggled during lockdown due to the lack of human connection.
Power to Change - Frontline Club
The Frontline Club is a media club in Paddington that champions independent journalism.
It was founded in 2003 by Vaughan Smith, a freelance video journalist and sustainable farmer, to honour colleagues who had died pursuing their work at the front lines of war. He realised that freelance and other conflict journalists had nowhere to meet in London, and wanted a place for them to “sit around the fire and tell stories.”
On Monday 6th June 2022 the Frontline Club hosted a screening of Power to Change with a panel moderated by Sahar Zand, a journalist and filmmaker who has fronted and produced a range of award-winning stories from across the world, for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, and Vice.
Power to Change - Premiere
The Ritzy is an iconic building in the heart of Brixton. It is one of England’s earliest purpose-built cinemas, surviving the Blitz and numerous managers but always remaining a hub of activity on Windrush Square.
On November 10th, 2021, Celebrate Life premiered their new documentary Power to Change to 200+ people for the very first time.
This film had been in the making for more than two years but now the moment of truth had come - how would a wider audience receive it?