Through a series of oral testimonies and carefully composed portraits, Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches explores how individuals and groups spend time in two distinctive public London locations.
Made by Esther Johnson as part of an Arts & Humanities Research Council project, this poetic documentary illuminates the thoughts and memories of frequent users of General Gordon Square, Woolwich, and St Helier Open Space, Sutton.
Revolving around the micro-space of the humble bench, the film incorporates contributions from a diverse range of visitors. These testimonies highlight themes such as the psychological feeling of being in a space, the rhythm and flow of visitors to a place, the importance of design for everyday street furniture and access to communal outdoor space.
The film acts like a stranger who joins you to ‘watch the world go by’, and to break the ice by starting a conversation with their fellow bench user.
Little Chandra walks through earthquake-hit Kathmandu with his grandfather, to visit his mother and newborn sibling in hospital. What awaits them at the end?
A film about a boy's feelings of love for his best friend, another boy.
The second of two films based on the theme of Love Works: exploring South Asian LGBT relationships in contemporary Britain commissioned by Bobby Tiwana.
Identity, most people take identity for granted.
We see ourselves reflected back as we gaze into the eyes of our parents. What if your image isn't the same, what then?
Abandoned Adopted Here is an independent documentary, exploring the idea of identity as a transracial adoptee and being British-Chinese/East Asian.
Identity, many of us take it for granted. We see ourselves reflected back as we gaze into the eyes of our parents.
What if your image isn't the same?
What then?
An independent documentary exploring the experience of growing up as a culturally displaced British East Asian during pre-multicultural 60s UK. A look at identity, transracial adoption and is there such as thing as being British Chinese/East Asian
The estranged relationship between a father and his gay daughter, now a young mother.
The first of two films based on the theme of Love Works: exploring South Asian LGBT relationships in contemporary Britain commissioned by Bobby Tiwana.
Parents and health care workers are caught in the cross-hairs of violence and politics as they attempt to protect their children from Polio in Pakistan. Once on the brink of eradication, the disease has again become a global threat - with Pakistan at its epicenter. Will these everyday heroes succeed and end Polio in our lifetime, or will another young generation be at risk?
Imtiaz, a rickshaw driver, gives a ride to Tameena, a hotel call girl, and begins waiting for her daily; he falls in love with her and tries to rescue her from the horrors of poverty and prostitution.
A seemingly normal car journey crosses from present reality into a recurring nightmare as Hamoudi, a young victim of war, relives his traumatic experiences of the Baghdad Blackwater shootings.
