Stand Up Stand Out

BIFA QUALIFYING AWARD NOMINATED SUSO

When people take to the streets to protest discriminatory and oppressive systems, they often use their bodies to make a statement. To stand up for themselves. This goes beyond just bodies on the streets at protests. The way these people choose to style themselves often drives their cause even further. It often helps them become etched in our memories. While not always immediately obvious or always the focus of our attention when we speak about activism and protests, fashion and styling have a big part to play.

This film uses film and documentary elements to pay homage to looks that have fought for change, been the target of discrimination and have helped give us the freedoms we know today.

The film explores the style of:

Working Class Movements: yellow vest movement & casual T-shirts and jeans looks

The Civil Rights Movement: styles associated with protests led by Dr Martin Luther King & the style of the Black Panthers

Hair Discrimination leading to the implementation of the Halo Code

Women Empowerment Movements: particularly the symbolism of mini skirts, the Riot Grrrl aesthetic and masculine silhouettes

Youth Counter Culture Movements: the ‘hippie’ anti-war movement of the 60s and the Nigerian alté aesthetic and its links to the End SARS movement

Featured in Big Syn Film Festival Trailer shown on the Piccadilly Lights

PRESS: HOEZINE

PRESS: NOCTIS

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