Spiral Skills
INTRO
We worked with Spiral Skills, a youth charity based in Lambeth, to tell the story of what preventing homelessness actually looks like – not in a boardroom, but on the streets. Supported by the Homewards Fund, a programme run by The Royal Foundation, the film follows two people doing the work day-to-day on the streets of Brixton: Abdoul and Tafari, two "Changemakers" who navigated the system themselves and now work in the local community helping young people avoid the same path.
OUTCOME
This was a two-man crew on Brixton High Street in the middle of the day, walking backwards with a camera, asking questions while trying not to get taken out by a bus – not the most relaxing shoot we've ever done, but that was kind of the point. Abdoul and Tafari don't work in offices, they work out in the community, and we wanted the film to feel like that too. By the time we'd spent the day following them around south London, they'd completely forgotten the camera was there – which is exactly what you want. We delivered a long-form documentary for Homewards' YouTube channel alongside a social cutdown for Instagram, and the result is a film that feels as alive as the people in it.
