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Full Record for Film No. 10


Title:Down at the Station
Director 1:Donovan Chamberlayne
Country:UK
Year:1995
length:9 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:short film, documentary
Screenwriter:Donovan Chamberlayne, Paul McPherson
Cinematographer:
Editor:John Dinwoodie, Tim Qualtrough
Producer:Simon Onwurah
Production company:BBC/Arts Council of England
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:10
Synopsis:This documentary takes a look at Station FM, a pirate radio station based in Hackney and spearheaded by DJ Keithly who risks fines and imprisonment to keep the station on air. Using his own 'edutainment' style, Keithly battles on to get across his anti-drugs and anti-crime messages to the community. Keithly regards it as his purpose to keep young people off the streets and aims to give them hope, strength, and encouragement through music and dance nights.
Keyword 1:radio station
Keyword 2:black
Keyword 3:music
Keyword 4:London
Keyword 5:drugs
Keyword 6:youth
Keyword 7:Hackney

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