Diversity in london By Alba, Deborah, Oceane

Chosen Theme/ Research: We chose the subject “Diversity in London” because it illustrates London at its best we wanted to tell the story of how multicultural London is by undertaking interviews with people and having conversations with them where they will hare their experiences of multi cultural London with us. We would also be focusing on people that are not originally from Britain and their story of how they came to the UK and how it is to live and settle in a country that you were not born in. The main focus for our project is to film around certain parts of London to show the different types of communities and cultures that live there and how they have adapted to living in these areas and if it has affected their day to day lives.

Research Cont.. We looked at certain films and documentaries about Diversity In London on of them being a short documentary made by a student from cambridge university as the documentary itself had the same subject matter so therefore was worth watching it to find information on how we could start our own one . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zylUmIuRaAwgd We also looked at different films that relate to multiculturalism in London such as “Miracle in Soho” and “Dirty Pretty Things” Stephen Frears the director of the film is fascinated by the multicultural side of London and how immigrants live in London. [1]

Location 1- Brixton- Caribbean area Location 2- Chinatown- Asian area We filmed in four different parts of London, four different cultural communities to see how diverse each place is and how the different cultures stand out from one another and how they have felt growing up in such a multicultural society. Location 1- Brixton- Caribbean area Location 2- Chinatown- Asian area Location 3- Edgware Road- Arab area Location 4- Elephant & Castle We used a Sony X70 Camera and tripod to do our filming and used final cut pro to do our editing

Elephant & Castle In the 1900s to the 1930s Elephant &Castle was the main location for a thriving shopping centre and was known as “The Piccadilly Circus” of South London. The area has recently had a reputation for successful ethnic diversity and centrality. Elephant & Castle is now subject to a master- planned redevelopment budgeted at £1.5 billion [2] The area is also known for its huge Latin American. population which is constantly growing every year Latin Residents are also taking part in the regeneration project and plans are being made to build new shops and homes to transform it in to a “Latin American Corridor” The Elephant & Castle shopping centre also has a lot if shops and restaurants which have and sell products that are from Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica and Argentina to name a few. [3]

Brixton Brixton’s identity has changed enormously over time, as during the 1920s it was South London's shopping capital and in to the 1950s it became home to immigrants from the West Indies and In the 1980s it was well known for its many riots. But today it has become one of London’s trendiest places to live. [4] The first Jamaican immigrants settled In Brixton after arriving on the Empire Windrush in 1948. Following this many new arrivals ended up in the area because they were temporarily given houses in Clapham South, and the closest employment centre was in Brixton The area itself has slowly undergone a process of gentrification since the 1990s and has resulted In many wealthy middle-class individuals taking advantage of the areas location and thriving Bohemian art scene. In the 1870S Brixton developed In to a major shopping centre The now famous Brixton market is open everyday selling a range of Afro- Caribbean products and reflects other communities in the area with Vietnamese and Indian supermarkets and South American butchers amongst stalls. [5]

Edgware road & Chinatown London’s first Chinatown was actually in Docklands during the 20th century until the area was damaged by the bombing during the Second World War. [6] The current Chinatown in Soho did not develop until the 1970s is famous for its Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops and other Chinese run businesses. The area boasts over 80 restaurants that showcase the finest Asian cuisine that London has to offer.[7] Edgware Road is known for its Arabic community and its shisha pipes and cafes. The area began to attract Arab migrants during the late 19th century during a period of increased trade with the ottoman empire. There are many Lebanese restaurants, shisha cafes and Arabic-themed nightclubs that line the street. Edgware Road is also rich in ethnic culture, and is known for its distinctive and diverse communities from across the Middle East and Africa. [8]

Conclusion… We chose to put Michael Jackson’s “Black and White” song at the end of our documentary as it is a very diverse song and links with the fact that London is full of multicultural minorities from different backgrounds and that we all live in a society that unlike others we embrace one another's cultures. As a whole for this project as a group we all worked well together we all had certain tasks that was each undertaken by a member of the group that being the cameraperson, editing and writing the script and we all met up together to do the filming and editing. We did a lot of filming in lots of places and got quite a variety of interviews from different minorities but if we had to improve our work for next time we would of put more visuals in our documentary and also interview more people who are originally from Britain so we can get a view on their aspect of multicultural London.

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