It’s a full house at Haringey’s West Green Learning Centre and a mixed crowd waits in anticipation for a film to start. It doesn’t often happen that audiences at the centre reach capacity on Thursdays, but this isn’t just any screening.

In August last year, a few blocks from the Langham Road centre, the riots started on Tottenham High Street and within days the violence and destruction had spread to other parts of London and around the country.

On the fourth day of the riots, a young London production company, Fully Focused, decided to make a documentary about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the situation. The film, Riot from Wrong, is now being screened, for free, all over town.

When he presents the documentary, director Teddy Nygh, who grew up in the borough, says that he would like his film to make ‘a difference’ and ‘stimulate the debate’. So far he seems to be successful in his quest, and not just on this occasion. Next month the film will be screened before MPs in the Houses of Parliament.

Together with his 25-strong team, many of whom have close ties with the area, Nygh is motivated to continue. “We want the screenings to be free so that as many people as possible can see them,” he says. “We know the power of what they call ‘People Power’ and we won’t stop until everyone has seen it and all the broadcasters own a copy.”

At tonight’s screening the crowd is calm, though there’s a certain feeling of discontent that can’t be denied. However, in the presence of Mark Duggan’s visibly emotional mother Pam – the woman whose son’s death sparked the rioters’ initial anger towards the police – everyone is full of respect, reflecting and debating the film’s message.

Riot from Wrong doesn’t just focus on the direct causes of the unrest, but pays attention to contributing factors such as the cost of education and how the cuts have forced eight of 13 youth centres in the borough to close their doors, leaving many young people without a place to go and a lost sense of purpose.

The success of Nygh and the Fully Focused team proves what is said in the film: “Young people don’t need the Government to put bread in their hands, they just want to have an opportunity to bake their own bread.”

Details: riotfromwrong.com