“An ordinary person can do extraordinary things, if they try and if they act,
instead of being a bystander…”  Souparnika, 14, cast member

In the film The Fragility of Freedom we meet some of the 14- to 18-year-old students whose projects qualified for the final round of the innovative international humanitarian Dora Love Prize 2024.

In a world full of problems – climate change, energy crisis, political instability, an ever-increasing right-wing that turns onto minorities and migrants, and several escalating war zones – the clarity of thought of the young people featured in this film, as well as their evident humanity, is a lesson for us all.

They are the generation that will have to deal with these problems that threaten the future of humanity, but listening to them gives hope and confidence that we can learn from the past and create a better future for all.

About The Dora Love Prize

Since 2012, The Dora Love Prize has worked with over 1,500 secondary school and college students in Essex, East Anglia and abroad in a unique youth-driven human rights initiative informed and inspired by the work of Holocaust survivor the late Dora Love (herself an Essex resident).

The screening of the film will be accompanied by talks and a discussion about why the Dora Love Prize is so relevant, and what students (and teachers) get out of participating in this annual prize.