Beneath the Hood is a rare insight into a group of young people who are permanently excluded from mainstream school in Hackney, East London. Students of Daniel House Pupil Referral Unit tell their stories through, poetry, music, martial arts, animation and cooking as well as interviews and observational footage.
Producer / Director Eelyn Lee spent an academic year working with students and staff to generate the content of the film. Screened at BAFTA, NFT & Curson Soho
For further details about the project and it's process visit: www.beneaththehood.eelynlee.com


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Times Educational Supplement
What if one regular Monday morning you went in to school as usual and just as period one was starting you began to experience a strange sensation in your body - you were growing. Growing and growing until you crashed through the roof in to the clouds... you had become a giant. What would you do next?
In collaboration with a composer and a performer, Eelyn Lee worked with a small group of students, staff parents and parents from Rush Croft Secondary school for three days to devise and shoot this fairy tale style animated short film.


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In late 2004 Eelyn Lee Productions worked in partnership with the history department of Bow Boys secondary school to deliver a challenging aspect of the year 8 curriculum through a video installation project. This involved exploring some of the major characters and themes of the Reformation through photography, writing, performance and visual art and finding inspiration in St Paul's Cathedral & the Tate Modern.
All four artforms informed the content of the video installation which was conceived for exhibition at Sutton House, a National Trust Tudor house in Hackney. The project has left a lasting legacy within the history department with regard to certain approaches to teaching and learning.


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This series offers an insight in to the eight new vocational GCSE's currently being implemented in secondary schools around the country. The programmes can be viewed at: www.specialistschoolsnetwork.co.uk
Eelyn Lee Productions are currently completing a second series [8 x 20'] for the Specialist Schools Trust that documents eight model 'Masterclasses' in eight vocational GCSE subjects.


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