{"id":17235,"date":"2011-10-23T02:46:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T02:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=17235"},"modified":"2016-09-07T01:39:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T01:39:20","slug":"clench-what-are-you-fighting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=17235","title":{"rendered":"Clench: What are You Fighting For?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clench: What are You Fighting For?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Commissioned By: Runnymede Trust<\/strong><\/a>-UK’s Leading Race Equality Think Tank
\n2011
\nWritten and directed by Riffat Ahmed<\/strong>
\nProduced by Shane Davey<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Courtney Edwards<\/strong><\/a>, Riffat Ahmed<\/strong> and Fabien Soazandry<\/strong> of Davey Inc<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Running Time: 00:15:39<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring: Hussina Raja<\/a><\/strong> as Ash
\nWith: Kevin Morris, Jeff Caffrey, Afreen Mhar, Allan Hopwood<\/strong>, and\u00a0Danny Randall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Made as part of the Runnymede Trust’s Generation 3.0 project<\/a>, which looks at how racism can be ended in a generation, this short film tells the story of Ash, a mixed-race girl from Old Trafford<\/a>, Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a youth referral scheme, we see Ash travel to the iconic Salford Lads Club<\/a> where she takes up boxing as a way of dealing with her troubled past. By portraying Ash\u2019s experience of the sport, the film highlights how the boxing ring can be a neutral space where race and neighbourhood politics are left outside.<\/p>\n

The film looks at not only Ash\u2019s own experience of racism, but also the preconceptions she holds about other people and places.<\/p>\n

Clench<\/em> demonsrates how boxing can become the ultimate visual tool for communication between generations, highlighting that every person has a story to tell regardless of how they look.<\/p>\n