As a child, Arnold got talent spotted as an actor. He never wants to give up that dream. But he also wants to be a teacher for the rest of his life. Arnold’s greatest inspiration is his mum, he says. He comes from a Ugandan family of refugees. His father died and his mother has since then been the one strong pillar supporting Arnold in life.
1000 LONDONERS
This film is part of 1000 Londoners, a five-year digital project which aims to create a digital portrait of a city through 1000 of the people who identify themselves with it. The profile contains a 3 minute film that gives an insight into the life of the Londoner, as well as their personal photos of London and some answers to crucial questions about their views on London life. Over the course of the project we aim to reveal as many facets of the capital as possible, seeing city life from 1000 points of view.
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1000 Londoners is produced by South London based film production company and social enterprise, Chocolate Films. The filmmakers from Chocolate Films will be both producing the films and providing opportunities to young people and community groups to make their own short documentaries, which will contribute to the 1000 films. Visit www.chocolatefilms.com
Transcript:
One of the kids in my class, when I was in primary school, his mum was a child agent, she came to watch him in a play and in doing so saw me at the same time, saw my mum at the end gave her a card and said your son has got talent, so I got talent spotted.
My name is Arnold, but the students at Graveney School know me as Mr Oceng. My first day teaching? I was so nervous. My first day teaching, I think I shadowed another teacher. But it was good, the day went smoothly, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would go. It was alright, I enjoyed it to be honest. I like teaching because I like working with young people. I feel like I’ve got a lot to say and I’ve got a lot to give and a lot of input that I never necessarily had when i was growing up. You know, an older version of me, looking at myself when I was in school, I never thought I’d be teaching in a secondary school but I really do enjoy it, it gives me a sense of purpose. Ok so year 9, what I’ve heard is, you guys are creating a pencil holder, is that correct? No? My main inspiration, honestly I’ve said it all the time, it would be my mum. You know I come from a family of refugees, my mum’s Ugandan, and you know, we came to this country, I came to this country when I was 1, but we came here running away from the civil war that was happening in Uganda, you know my father passed away so all these events that happened in my life, my mum has been the one pillar and the one strong thing that has always been there for me. Very very proud of you, no words can even explain it. Thank you Momma. Its very difficult to juggle both jobs because they’re both very demanding, and that’s the thing with acting, it’s hard to follow your dreams but then to try find steady income. You get asked many times by people that know you’re an actor, when’s your cut off point? Like if you haven’t made it by this age, when’s your cut off point? But I always say to them that I don’t have a cut off point, if this is your passion, you should never have a cut off point. Why? I would like to believe that I will never stop teaching, I hope I'm inspiring the students when im about or when I'm in school. Last thing I want to do is disrupt them, because I've always said if it gets to the point where i feel like that I'm disrupting their work, they start taking out phones, snapchatting and taking pictures of you, then that's not what i'm about. It's been a great response being here at the school and I’m happy.
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