Actors from Justice In Motion perform ‘Code‘ in Zebedee’s Yard in Hull as part of the Freedom Festival, August 31, 2024
A FIVE-DAY Freedom Festival of music, arts and culture ended in the east coast port of Hull on today.
Inspired by the legacy of Hull MP and slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce, the annual festival took place at indoor and outdoor venues around the city centre and marina.
The programme included an open-air performance on Saturday (pictured) of “Code,” the story of a young girl drawn into the “county lines” transportation of illegal drugs.
The performance, by Justice in Motion, took place in the city’s Zebedee’s Yard.
Established in 2007, the festival’s events are aimed particularly at children and young people.
Organisers said: “We bring thousands of people together through our annual festival and year-round artistic and creative programme of performances, installations, and community participation to excite, inspire, challenge, and provoke.”
The festival was established to mark the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, to abolish the slave trade in the British empire.
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SYLVIA HIKINS casts an eye across the contemporary art brought to a city founded on colonialism and empire
