Arthur Wharton Story at The National Football Museum!

The National Football Museum is currently screening the Arthur Wharton Story a film about Britain's First Black Professional Footballer. The half hour documentary follows Television presenter and photographer Johnny Pitts as he discovers the hidden story of one of the Edwardian periods best goalkeepers. FURD the films producers, are currently developing a learning resource about Arthur Wharton for schools.

Preston North End, Team Photo 1888 - 1889

The National Football Museum in Manchester hosts the world’s greatest football collection and celebrates  football history and culture!

The Arthur Wharton Story - National Football Museum Screening

Just in time for Black History Month 2013, The National Football Museum in Manchester is screening The Arthur Wharton Story.  Visit the Football Museum's website for times and check out the film if you are in Manchester!

The film has been well received by fans and the general public alike and the screening at a the Museum, whose remit is to preserve and share the history of British Football, puts a shiny crown on a great year for the film! 

Arthur Wharton Feature Documentary Screenings

After the success of the October screening, we're planning to have a public premiere of the Arthur Wharton film in 2013 check out the FURD website for news.

New Feature Film in Sheffield

Over the next few months we are working with film and media students at Hillsborough College to develop an original feature film script for production in Summer 2013.

We aim to release the feature film sometime in 2014 - watch this space for more information!

Arthur Wharton Documentary Screening

We had a very successful screening of The Arthur Wharton Story Documentary at The Void Film Theatre at Sheffield Hallam University. 

The Film Theatre was packed to capacity as a group of young people presented impromptu poetry performances  inspired by Arthur Wharton's life. 

The screening included a film about FURD's work in schools across South Yorkshire and was attended by the Lord Mayor and footballers Kim Grant and Brendon Batson. 

Along with 10 year old Louis Affen and writer Phil Vasili, Kim Grant was also part of the Q & A discussion afterwards.

Feature Documentary - Marley (2011)

Attended a screening of director Kevin McDonald's excellent documentary about Robert Nester Marley yesterday at the Showroom Cinema.  

I was on the discussion panel afterwards and we had a great chat about what Bob Marley, both music and man, mean to the World today.

I do recommend that you go see the movie!

Arthur Wharton Documentary, 2012

Destinations Arts has been commissioned by Football Unites Racism Divides (FURD) to produce a 40 minute documentary about Arthur Wharton, Britain's First Back Professional Footballer. 

Its an astonishing, world record breaking, inspiring story of personal courage and achievement across the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Shot around the UK this summer the film follows Televison presenter and poet Johny Pitts as he tells the story of Arthurs achievements.

The documentary will be screened on the 28th October at The Void, Sheffield Hallam University.

Promotional Webfilms - Work Based Learning

We recently made several short films for Sheffield Hallam University's website. Destinations Arts filmed students talking  about their experiences on the work based learning module.  The films are designed for prospective students wanting to know how Sheffield Hallam University can give a boost to their employment opportunities.

Promoting Learning

Over the summer we worked with Park Lane Learning Trust.

As part of our continuing work with our client, we produced a slick 5 minute broadcast quality  video showing for  prospective parents and pupils all the good work the school is doing!

The film will be distributed across a number of platforms including the schools VLE, Web and DVD.

In January we completed production of several films documenting the rebuilding of Eco friendly homes in North East Sheffield. 

We were commissioned by Sheffield City Council and The Energy Saving Trust to create the films documentaries showing the process of making council houses more energy efficient.

The completed films were mastered on high definition video and presented on wall mounted TV monitors installed inside each project property.