Six students from the University of Manchester have pioneered the Samosa Media Community Production Internship, aimed at improving the employability of students from under-represented backgrounds by gaining professional experience in the creative sector.
Gaining first-hand experience of the media commissioning process, the students worked for Samosa Media, an arts and media charity led by BME people with a working-class background and delivering community and youth education programmes.
The internship is a collaboration between Samosa Media Charity, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust in partnership with the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and the School of Arts, Language and Culture (SALC) at the University of Manchester.
Throughout the internship, the students reflected on diversity within the media, arts, and cultural sector; particularly whose voices and stories get told and how. They produced two short films drawing attention to and analysing issues relating to race, culture, youth, equality, and integration in the North-West.
The students were able to present their work at the end of their internship to academics from SoSS and SALC as well as members from the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Centre and Samosa Media Director, Anwar Akhtar who supervised them throughout the project.
Following the screenings of the film, Claire Fox and Simon Parry, EDI and SR Directors for SoSS and SALC respectively, shared their thoughts on the successful outcome of the project:
The students received the support and guidance of members of the AIU RACE Centre and Education Trust throughout the project to inform them in their research. This is a specialist open-access library and archive focusing on the study of race, migration, anti-racist activism and the fight for social justice.
Reflecting on her team’s film about urban spaces, Carla Nunes Neto, a 2nd year student in BA English Literature and American Studies, said:
The documentaries as well as students’ reflections on the project will be available on the University of Manchester’s website.
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