Educational Mayflower Film Project

This exciting and creative project involves young film makers in the region. We are creating a touring cinematic event for the public, which we hope will be screened nationally and internationally in other towns involved in the Mayflower commemoration.

 

The idea at the heart of the project is to produce four short (10min.) films, each inspired by an aspect of the Mayflower story, or an issue that the Pilgrim’s faced: themes such as Migration, Religious Intolerance, Cultural Integration and Social Justice.We are not setting out to tell the history of the Pilgrim’s journey per se, but to make modern, relevant and diverse short films that have been inspired by their story, and that can say something powerful and resonant about the problems facing humanity in the 21st Century.

The first phase of this project has now been completed, and the students have created two very different films – a documentary and a drama. We have shown these two films as a pilot project at screening events for funding bodies and sponsors, to gather support for the full four film event.

Phase two of the project has unfortunately been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Plymouth College of Art being temporarily closed. We are hopeful that work can continue in due course.