Creative Partnerships Durham/Sunderland supported Exodus 20 ? a contemporary interpretation of the biblical ten commandments through the eyes of young people.
Directed by Ian Cottage, it is the result of a collaboration between Airship Films, Creative Partnerships, Tyneside Cinema and The Forge (the Arts in education agency for Durham and Sunderland). Each of the ten participating Creative Partnerships schools developed one film, working with a professional director and writer, exploring one of the commandments as a starting point. These stories were then scripted and filmed with young people from the participating schools. The films put the ten commandments into a modern context, for example the film for ?thou shall not steal? featured a child stealing a remote control car from school, showing the moral and wider issues associated with the act of theft. The premiere at Tyneside Cinema was seen by an audience of over 200 students, teachers, partners and others.