Leeds Animation Workshop Movie Trailers

Grief in the Family Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

This 14-minute animated video looks at the ways children and young people respond to grief, and what the adults around them can do to help.

Home Truths Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

A short animated film in which five young people tell of their experiences of domestic violence. Emma and her mother escape from a violent father by moving to a refuge.

Crops and Robbers Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

World hunger: this partly animated film points out the connections between surplus and famine. It shows a game of chance being played across continents and down the centuries.

Home and Dry? Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Four women discuss their housing situations. None of them would describe themselves as homeless - after all they've never slept out on the street.

Council Matters Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Freda the cleaner takes the lid off the Town Hall in this animated film about the services provided by local authorities, and illustrates what life would be like without them.

Tell It Like It Is Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

A short animated film by Leeds Animation Workshop which illustrates problems faced by young people at school as a result of gender stereotyping and bullying.

Bridging the Gap Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Welcome to the Generation Gap: an area with an often stormy climate and some interesting inhabitants - parents, for instance.

Joined-up Families Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

If a family goes through big changes while the children are growing up, it can take years for everything to settle down again afterwards.

Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities available to both sexes.

Pretend You'll Survive Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

Protect and survive? This activist cartoon from a Yorkshire women’s collective argues that the Government’s public information message on preparation for a nuclear attack is just a pretence.

Dads Inside and Out Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A lot of prisoners are also fathers. This short animated film looks at the difficulties facing fathers and stepfathers in prison, and their children.

Give Us a Smile Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Shows the effect of the harassment women live with every day, ranging from ‘street humour’ and media stereotyping to actual physical violence.