Amani Simpson says culture of youth violence and low aspiration should be seen as a community issue
In a packed room at a college in Walthamstow, in north-east London, a former student is speaking to a class. Amani Simpson has shown the pupils a short film he made based on his life, and now there’s a Q&A session. The questions include what did he study here and how did he get the money to make a film. His answers: music and events management, and through crowdfunding. Then a girl at the back asks what he thinks is the solution to the current knife crime epidemic. That’s a trickier one.
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