In “Leave No One Behind,” music, voices, and visuals combine in a piece about what can be achieved beyond isolation and the pandemic, from the perspectives of young people, and with hope for the future.
“When the project was conceived we were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and so we worked remotely. For the sake of the future, it is important to empower young people to have a vision for a better world, aligned with the SDGs, and it is also crucial to have confidence in young people to then take action and make that vision a reality. If educators, artists, families, businesses, politicians and other leaders in society focus on fostering young people in this way, a global solidarity of youth taking action for the SDGs can be achieved.”
Koichi Samuels, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Created by: Pupils of Junior Academy of Music, Queen's University Belfast; music composition by Koichi Samuels; video by Dervla Hillan; production by Resist-AV studio, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SDGs: 10, 16, 17
Created with the pupils of Junior Academy Music, Belfast
https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/Discover/jam/
Directed by Resist-AV studio
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Music by Koichi Samuels (Resist-AV)
Video Artist: Dervla Hillan