England

Visible Voice

 
 

Growing out of and extending my PhD study, most of the work I am doing in the UK is making use of participatory video techniques to explore health and well being Migrants in the North West. I began in 2007 working with a group of French speaking African refugees and asylum seekers through Salford Refugee Link. The group have produced four films about their experiences of life in the UK to date. I am working on the subtitles for a new film on womens’ experiences.

 

Salford Refugee Link Films

  1. 1.My Life in The UK

  2. 2.Two Friends

  3. 3.Refugees and Paracetamol

  4. 4.Refugee Lives (2008)

Migrant Health Experiences

Cumbria Multicultural Women’s Network

Alien Films is a the name chosen by a goup of women form the Cumbria Mulitcultural Womens Network as they develop their film making skills. The women originate form many different countries and most live in the coastal towns of Barrow and Ulverston in South Cumbria.


The films below were made during three days of workshops in April 2008.

  1. 1.Away from Home

  2. 2.A Tale of Migrant Mothers

  3. 3.My Homeland


More women have joined the group and we are close to completing a number of new films.

Gypsy and Traveller Project

I am working with Ian Convery on a new project exploring social histories of of Gypsy and traveller communities Cumbria. We are still at an early stage in this project and although we have filmed some interviews we need to develop stronger links with people in the communities in order to make this a truly participatory project.

Moving Images

Community Arts North West funded a series of video skills workshops for refugees and asylum seekers in the Salford area this year.  The films are available here.

Who Am I?

I am working with classical Indian dance group Upasana, on the development of a new project which will combine video, photography and dance to explore South Indian cultural heritage as  represented and expressed through classical Indian art forms.