| Director: | May Abdalla |
|---|---|
| Production: | BBC (Kim Nicholls, Zillah Watson), Anagram (Michelle Feuerlicht, Amy Abdalla, Amy Rose) |
| Running Time: | 8’ |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Main Cast: | Nikki Amuka-Bird |
| Screenplay: | May Abdalla |
| Music: | Nicole Robson |
| Sound: | Rebecca Parnell |
| Notes: | Installation |
Cinema
Make Noise
Venice Virtual Reality
Synopsis
Hum, sing and shout along with Nikki Amuka-Bird in Make Noise, a unique virtual reality experience using the power of your voice to smash through barriers faced by the suffragettes during the fight to win the vote for women. In a series of colourful and abstract worlds representing the stages of their struggle, from frustration to resistance to victory, you are invited to use your own voice and consider what it means to speak up. Created by BBC VR Hub with Anagram, and incorporating original archive interviews with suffragettes, Make Noise will empower users to follow Emmeline Pankhurst’s advice and ‘make more noise.’
Director’s Statement
Why do we find it so hard to step out and be a voice for change? We wanted to explore using VR to ask for something resonant of our participants. Here in this dreamlike world knitted from the dramatic memories of these ordinary women who 100 years ago did something incredible in defying silence, we invite you to play with your limits and see your own voice.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: BBC
BBC, Portland Place
W1A 1AA – London, United Kingdom
Tel.+ 44 7501952791
kimberly.nicholls@bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualreality
PRODUCTION 2: Anagram
34 Robertson Road
BS5 6JY – Bristol, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 7956 813 532
may@weareanagram.co.uk
http://weareanagram.co.uk/
PRESS OFFICE: Richard Bell - BBC
Portland Place
W1A 1AA – London, United Kingdom
richard.bell@bbc.co.uk
