An Honour Indeed
Letter of Support, written by Roger Graef,
World Famous Film Maker, Criminologist
Producing Director, Films of Record Ltd.

 

To Whom It May Concern:-

Re: Dreaming Will

The work that Bruce Wall is doing in prisons is more powerful and persuasive than any conventional rehab or educational apporach I have ever encountered.  It is transformative in the broadest sense: It uses a wide range of linguistic, theatrical and social skills to surprise and delight and - crucially - disarm hardened and defensive young men and women who have largely given up on themselves and the world around them.  Working with Wall and Shakespeare is so improbable and yet so revealing, it launches the long process of transformation that is involved in changing lives.

I have no hestiation in urging anyone who can help him to spread this work across the prison estate and to probabtion and alternative schools - Indeed, anywhere that hope is needed.

Professor Roger Graef
18th July 2001

 

 


Episode 1
The Limits of Justice


Episode 2
Young, Armed and Dangerous


Episode 3
Catching Them Early

  

Roger Graef is the creator and series producer of In Search of Law and Order: Reclaiming America's Kids. As a filmmaker, Graef is considered one of the key figures in observational documentary along with Fred Wiseman. His many films and television productions have made ground breaking contributions to the debate of crime and punishment, including "Closing Ranks," which studied corruption and domestic violence in the police force. His "Police" series for the BBC won the British Academy Award, the Television Critics Circle Award, and the European TV Critics Award at Cannes, and led to changes in the way British police handle the crime of rape. His documentary "Turning the Screws" covered a year inside Wandsworth prison, one of the very worst in Europe.

Graef is the author of the books "Living Dangerously: Young Offenders in their Own Words" and "Talking Blues: Police in their Own Words."

A graduate of Harvard University, Graef is a founder of Britain's Channel Four. He lives in London. Roger Graef is a Fellow of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics.