High Hopes
Mark Craig
Tigerlily Films and Stopwatch Productions in association with EM Media have commenced production on HIGH HOPES, a feature documentary exploring what became of one group of 1970s art and design students at Leicester Poly, now De Montfort University.
Director Mark Craig, winner of the Grierson Innovation Award for his film TALK TO ME, has tracked down several of his peers from his college days at the end of the '70s. Now on the brink of hitting 50, what became of them all? Back then they were all white, all the tutors were male, and AIDS and desktop computers were unheard of. How are things different for today's students? Are they subject to same pressures and pitfalls as Mark and his contemporaries? How does their demographic make up, and career and life aspirations differ from those students 30 years previously?
Interviews and live action footage will be combined with a wealth of personal and library archive, and will include artwork from the students which strongly reflects individual talents and personalities. Contrasting recollections of the past with present day depictions of University activity, HIGH HOPES will be a powerful and visually engaging picture of contrast and change.