story telling

To tell a good story should not be a risk. To paint on canvas or shoot a picture should not land you in jail. A tweet, a blog, a film — non should cost you your life. Look around the world, though, and worry. Storytellers are in jail, exiled or dead. [...] The full spectrum of art and culture is under duress in many countries because words and images are powerful and when there is distress, repression follows. 

Young people and youth leaders in Derry have taken part in an innovative cultural arts project which deals with the human stories behind the transition of Northern Ireland’s police force from RUC to PSNI.