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Blueprints began as a creative project exploring what justice could look like if we imagined it differently. It asked people with lived and professional experience of the justice system to dream up utopian ideas for change - ideas that sometimes sounded as absurd as the justice system itself can sometimes be.
From that process came the film There’s a Lot to Hope For. To mark a year since its release, we’re now sharing the songs from the film as a kind of soundtrack - a collection of short, character-driven pieces that grew out of the Blueprints workshops.
The songs began with the Wheel of Injustice - a handmade piece of wood with three spinning discs designed to spark ideas and open conversations about experiences of the justice system. The wheel was filled with traits such as personality types, jobs, emotions, and backgrounds, all drawn from real conversations with people who know the system, whether through living it or working in it. Everyone took a spin and worked with the traits they landed on, using them to build a character: giving them a name, a backstory, and a reason to be tangled up in justice.
Then came the songs and spoken word. Each person or group wrote what was meant to be a thirty-second piece from their character’s point of view, capturing a moment, a feeling, or a truth about their experience. Some stayed short and sharp; others grew longer, because the stories needed more space to be heard.
The pieces you hear are the result of that playful but powerful process that inspired the film - moments of truth, imagination, and possibility.
You can view the full film here.
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