LAWA
Shot by Fatosh Olgacher
Edited by Aiysha Shahid
Concept and Assistance by Arlo, Hannah and Hiwet
LAWA (Latin American Women's Aid) is a charity that helps women from South America that have been victims of gender-based violence. It also runs community-based programmes to target loneliness and isolation among migrant women. I directed and edit produced this video as well as carrying out research interviews with the women involved and a translator to ensure the script was all in their own words.
LOWE
Shot by Ava Majumdar and Joshua Lamptey
Graphics by Matthew Baldwin
I directed and edited this short documentary about Lowe Seger who is an artist and photographer. He explains his creative practice and the work he created for his recent exhibition, Immutable. His work explores the impact of technology on day-to-day life and human interaction.
BIG CITY BUTTERFLIES
Shot by Joshua Lamptey and Leanne Rogers
Edited by Aiysha Shahid
Graphics and Sound Design by Matthew Baldwin
Big City Butterflies was created by Butterfly Conservation to inspire Londoners to discover butterflies and moths and connect them with nature. I directed and edit-produced this video in which participants describe what this project has meant to them and how it has benefitted their mental health and wellbeing.
RAJID AND MOLLY’S STORY
Animation and Sound Design by Matthew Baldwin
School-Home Support is charity that reduces educational inequality and supports families by getting children back into school. I scripted this animated video based on interviews with families and practitioners the charity partnered them with. We created this video to help launch a fundraising campaign which reached its target of £30,000 suppported by The Childhood Trust.
QUEERTOPIA CONSORTIUM
Shot by Ambre Cecille
Edit and Graphics by Matthew Baldwin
I created this series of social first videos spotlighting queer activists for LGBTQ+ history month. Activists such as the founder of the Common Press, an intersectional queer bookshop and community space, and Pecs Education, a strength and conditioning class for trans men, reflect on the aims of the month. To claim our past, celebrate our present and create our future.
THE PEDRO CLUB
Shot by Joshua Lamptey
Edited by Aiysha Shahid
I directed this film about the Pedro Youth Club which is a boxing club, youth centre and community hub in Clapton. In this video, its users explain why they go there and how it has made a difference to their lives. This was created as part of a fundraising campaign to raise money to refurbish the club so it can reach more people in the community.
REFLECTIONS ON MIGRATION
I created and edited this short film using archive and oral histories with participants reflecting on their experiences of migration for a Four Corners exhibition as part of their East End Stories project. The contributors all worked on the film A Kind of English about a Bangladeshi family struggling to adapt to life in the area.
UCL POWER
Shot by Joshua Lamptey
I directed this video for UCL documenting a programme for young people that gave them the opportunity to create and curate artwork about power. They worked with the institution to question hierarchies of power and reflect on what feels powerful to them.
BASHIIE
Shot by Joshua Lamptey
Edited by Aiysha Shahid
Graphics by Matthew Baldwin