Blue Shoes Roundup: Here's to 2023!
With the year coming to a close, now seems like a great time to reflect on the last twelve months at Blue Shoes Productions, before...
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- May 20, 2021
The Aspect Ecosystem Mapping Project: Using Blue Shoes as an Example of Innovation
We have recently been the subject of a case study as part of a series produced by the Aspect Ecosystem Mapping Project. The project, part...
- May 19, 2021
Highly Commended at the #MADAwards: Helping Underrepresented Voices Through Local Initiatives
We are really pleased to announce that our project, Congo's Activist in Exile, won a 'Highly Commended' award for Outstanding Public and...
- May 18, 2021
Solving Societies Injustices: Young People Using Film to Change the World
2020 was anything but a normal year. Recent years have felt like we’ve been bouncing from crisis to crisis. We’ve had the climate...
- Mar 10, 2021
Making a Difference: Using Film to Change Society
We are excited to announce that Blue Shoes Productions has been shortlisted for a Making a Difference Award for Social Responsibility in...
- Jan 11, 2021
Shaping the World Around Us: The Harrow Youth Documentary Project
Film has the unique ability to inform and shape the way in which people see the world around them. Over four workshops, Blue Shoes...
- Jan 8, 2021
Winning Asylum: Bringing an End to Fifteen Years in Limbo
We are so pleased that our dear friend Jenny Dakosta Van Mputu has won his asylum case and has been granted leave to remain in the UK....
- Jun 26, 2020
False Alarms: Remembering the Importance of Live Music Following Lockdown
In a world before lockdowns, restrictions, social distancing and coronavirus, we were out filming Nick Parker and the False Alarms at...
- Jun 19, 2020
Congo’s Activist in Exile: The Relentless Struggle of Jenny Dakosta Van Mputu
In November 2018, we had the pleasure of meeting Jenny Dakosta Van Mputu. At the time, we didn’t know that we would be meeting someone...
- Jun 10, 2020
Daring to Venture Further: Using the Medium of Film to Highlight Important Societal Issues
Here at Blue Shoes, we are currently celebrating being named the Winners of the Creative Category at the Venture Further Awards for new...
- Apr 28, 2020
Tales to Inspire: Building a Platform to Share Heartwarming Stories of Survival and Recovery
As we’re all stuck inside during lockdown, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to feel inspired to motivate ourselves to do something...
- Mar 16, 2020
Rockets and Blue Lights: Using Theatre to Confront the Legacy of the Past
‘While names such as William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson have lived on as the heroes of the [British abolition] movement…the names of...
- Mar 6, 2020
Week 53 Festival at The Lowry: Looking to Manchester’s Past to Address the Power Imbalances of
Slavery. Freedom. Imprisonment. Abolition. Incarceration. Liberation. The imbalance of power in contemporary society has fostered the...
- Feb 27, 2020
Film Festival Roundup: Our Journey Across the UK and Europe with A Bit of This & A Bit of That
‘Our customers, when they have a bit of time, they all talk to us. We are like their family as well because we tend to know them coming...
- Jan 31, 2020
Embracing a Multilingual Manchester: Sharing the Diversity in Language found at Manchester Museum
There are few cities around the globe as cosmopolitan and diverse as Manchester. It is thought that almost 200 languages are spoken in...
- Jan 24, 2020
Muslim Culture and Manchester: Connecting Communities through MACFEST
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of covering a selection of the events at this year’s MACFEST (Muslim Arts & Culture...
- Jan 8, 2020
Ferocious Dog: A Journey from Working-Class Warsop to Champions of the Folk Punk Genre
‘It’s been 25 years since I believed in any British band….I respect them because they make a difference’ – Chunk Greenburn, Ferocious Dog...
- Jan 7, 2020
Manchester Folk Festival 2019: The Best of UK Folk Music
Back in October 2019, Manchester hosted its annual Folk Festival, an event which Blue Shoes were given the honour of filming. The...
- Nov 18, 2019
Celebrating Syria: Maintaining the Heart of a Nation through the Pursuit of Arts and Culture
The Syrian Civil War has been a hot topic in the news for the last eight years, and it is easy to see the conflict as a hopeless one....
- May 31, 2019
Freedom Matters: Integrating Refugees into Mancunian Society through the Beautiful Game
For many, football is like religion. The game has the incomparable ability to build communities of loyal and passionate fan-bases that...
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