Palace Films

'The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.'

Martin Luther King, Jr.

PALACE FILM & MUSIC

Jazz at the Palace

Video recording of Jazz live at the Palace as part of the Streatham Festival, featuring Ratanga. The Roger Crossdale playing standards such as Charlie Parker and John Coltrane.

Fourteen-year-old Jamila's Anti-gun & knife Crime Music Video

Highly talented young music singer / songwriter Jamila Munro performs her song Krying 4 Me. Supporting the Stop Gun and Knife Crime in the Community Campaign. Proudly produced by the Palace Project. Special thanks to Lambeth Police's Zenobia Cowan-Davies and Chief Inspector John Kirkpatrick for their sponsorship and support.

Introducing our latest film:

Fast Train To Fool City

Following the tragic gun deaths of several young Londoners, teens and youth workers at The Palace, a Lambeth community centre, appealed to local Councillor Mark Bennett. They wanted to make a fast, direct response to news headlines stating that the borough was a crime capital, with teens out of control, and hand-guns the street weapon of choice.

One week later, with sponsorship from the Palace and the Youth Opportunities Fund, Fast Train To Fool City was completed. Shot by award-winning director Alastair Pirrie, the documentary features contributions from musicians, artists and over a hundred Lambeth teenagers.

Distributed to secondary schools throughout Lambeth, Fast Train To Fool City was produced with the assistance of Dunraven School, M.P. Keith Hill, King's College Hospital, Lambeth Children & Young People's Service, The Metropolitan Police, The National Offender Management Service, The Nehemiah Project, The Phoenix Project, The Rarekind Gallery, The St Bride Foundation Youth Theatre and X-it.

Local teens turned interns and interviewers in the making of this DVD. Fast Train To Fool City also includes performances of 'Letter To My Mother' from Lonesouljah and 'Sometimes' from Mz Fontaine, who presents the documentary.

With additional material from Her Majesty's Prison Brixton and the true-life experiences of gun offenders and victims, Fast Train To Fool City provides up-to-the-minute insight, information and opinion on gun crime in Lambeth and London.

You can watch this powerful and moving film for free right here.

This is just the beginning. Watch this space!

Total Video Running Time : 25 minutes

Director - Alastair Pirrie
Producer / Project Director - Glen Neil
Lighting Camera - Scott Jaworski
Musical Director / Sound - Liam Abel
Production - Joanne Leggat & Prayote Pirrie
Editor - Laura Taflinger
Post Production - Talnet Productions
Consultants - Councillor Mark Bennet & Kate Quigley
Art - Aroe, David Samuel & Alex Young @ Rarekind Gallery
Mz Fontaine Photograph - Greg Frederick