Part of Fierce Light
Fierce Light brought together leading poets from countries that participated in the First World War, including Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jackie Kay, Bill Manhire, Paul Muldoon and Daljit Nagra, to create new works that endeavour to understand the incomprehensible; exploring contemporary events while also contemplating the First World War. These works were presented alongside a series of specially commissioned short films, each made in response to the new poems and themes raised within them.
Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Writers Centre Norwich
Paid to fight
Paid To Fight is a collaborative short commissioned for the centennial of the Battle of the Somme. The film is in response to Yrsa Daley-Ward's poem 'When your mother calls you, come' and is about black people's involvement in World War One. Commissioned by 14-18 NOW the film is part of over 140 artwork pieces which have collectively been viewed over thirty million times.