Kings of Baxter Documentary
Twelve young offenders, two Shakespearean actors, can they conquer Macbeth?
PROJECT DETAILS
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DATE
October 2017
COLLABORATORS
Featuring James Evans and Huw McKinnon
Bell Shakespeare Company
Jack Yabsley
Director
Susan MacKinnon
Executive Producer
Joshua Glenn Heath
Director of Photography
Pete Ward and Lindi Harrison
Editors
Hylton Mowday
Music composer
Andrew Stevenson
Sound Design
'Kings of Baxter' is a 66-minute documentary that shadows the footsteps of educators James and Huw as they teach The Scottish Play* to a group of boys in Frank Baxter Juvenile Detention Centre.
Engaging, touching, full of Shakespearean phrases and metaphors we're still trying to wrap our heads around... This is the story of the landmark Bell Shakespeare education program and a bunch of boys trying to achieve something pretty epic: a performance of one of the most complex and iconic plays in human history, in front of friends, family and fellow inmates.
Grumps developed this documentary alongside Director by Jack Yabsley and Joshua Heath. It was produced by our very own Claire Evans and the wonderful Susan MacKinnon.
Grumpy Sailor presents Kings of Baxter, a feature documentary following juvenile justice detainees.