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VIDEO: No actor could act – and no writer could script – the charming but poignant scene when two 17-year-olds from either side of divide in Derry switch school uniforms and behold themselves, and each other, in a mirror.
The gesture is simple and effervescent, but utterly subversive. Courtney Cooke is from Lisneal College; Yvonne Weir attends Catholic St Cecilia’s college across the river on the Cityside.
The short film, In Peace Apart – Teaching Divided Histories, is part of a project run by the Nerve Centre in Derry.
The story of the video and the girls was featured in Sunday’s Observer.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/14/across-divide-northern-ireland-film
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