Boron Lockout
In 2010, the isolated town of Boron, California, in the high Mojave Desert became the center of a global labor action after transnational mining company Rio Tinto suddenly suspended its contract negotiations and locked out the workers of its borax mine there. In this “off-the-grid” town, ILWU miners protested at the mine gates but also […]
The Lost Empires
The Lost Empires, an essay film that utilises archival footage to explore the influence of curated memory and nostalgia on societal narratives. Developed within the framework of the Learning On Screen UK course on Filmmaking and Copyright Law, the film represents a collage of theoretical inquiry and creative expression. Engaging with the works of Derrida, […]
Light on water 9
This short film is a single moving image showing the effect of the passage of time on the surface of a river as it flows under a road bridge. It was framed in the camera viewfinder, with the camera left to run for about four minutes without further interference. The film maker thus has no […]
1948 What We Knew
An autobiographical essay documentary filmed on a smartphone in London from the start of the Israeli state’s murderous attack on Gaza in October 1923, three Jewish women of European heritage – Ruth, Gail and me, all born in 1948, the same year as the Israeli state – discuss the (fairy) stories of empty deserts and […]
Action (2024)
Exploring transgender and non-binary representations through an autoethnographic video essay-documentary form, including the voices of transgender and non-binary participants with a variety of filmmaking experiences. The film looks across the years 2021-2023, some of the deadliest years on record for transgender and non-binary people globally. CWs: discussion of transphobia, discussion of trauma/dissociation.
Climate Criminals?
Climate Criminals? is a short documentary that records front-line climate activists based in the UK reclaiming their actions in their own words. I am an artist telling stories across theatre, film and audio. I am also a mother and a human being living in these frightening, turbulent times. I am someone who reads the news […]
Derry, the Oak Grove
This essay film is a timeless journey through past archive and present footage of Derry, a small border city saturated in the remains of myths and legends of thousands of years, and how the idea of a border may in itself become a myth.
Crossing Lines
Northern Ireland in the late 1970’s, an unpredictable, fearful landscape. A place where an elevated sense of vigilance and suspicion might keep you safe, but it also amplified fear and division between communities. In this environment, where communities rarely mixed, let alone talk to each other, a group of young women let their love of […]
Connecting borders
I made this film as an attempt to deepen my understanding of border experiences. I spoke to people from different backgrounds, cultures and religions, from Ireland, Palestine, Colombia, the United States and Turkey. The interviews, conducted in the border city of Derry, where I was born and raised, and in Berlin, a city with its […]
Triang Times
Borders across the world are often contentious places where differences between people are focused and concentrated making them difficult places to live and prosper. The land border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK is one of these contentious borders. Pettigo is a small village in the Northwest of Ireland divided in half by […]