“Look Up” is a short documentary inspired by the 3 statues on Deptford Town Hall. Created and supported by the Deptford Albany and Foreign Body Productions.

Steven Jeram cycled passed these figures every day but never looked up to wonder who they were and what they had done to command these positions of dominance and reverence on our high street. With the BLM movement sweeping across the world we are forced to readdress Britain’s colonial legacy and the complicity of these statues.

This visual essay hopes to explore the controversy over these statues, the history of racial tension in Deptford and celebrate the diversity in our borough today with visuals from documentary filmmaker Cresencio Ferreira and voices from local BAME actors.