In 2014 POPS applied to the BBC Community Doorway Programme to explore the possibility of creating a short film that would enable families to share their experiences of stigma and discrimination on their own terms. In doing so we hoped to create not just a ‘final product’ but a process, in and through which, barriers would be broken down and understanding would be promoted. We wanted to provide a forum in which stereotypes concerning both offenders’ families and the media could be dismantled, to build confidence and trust and ultimately to give offenders’ families a voice. The film was recently launched at a pre-Christmas networking event hosted at the BBC’s Mediacity site in Salford. Watch ‘Hands’ now by clicking here!
Hands launched at BBC
