Docs & More: Mart Bira
My guest this week is Mart Bira, a woman who’s student documentary won critical acclaim. Growing up in Mongolia she grew up with a love of storytelling and started working …
Docs & More: Erika Cohn
This week my guest is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning director and producer, Erika Cohn. Her latest documentary film, The Belly of the Beast, uncovers a pattern of illegal sterilisations …
Docs & More: Mia Donovan
This week I’m joined by a film maker, Mia Donovan, from Montreal in Canada. Her latest documentary film, Dope is Death, explores how the Black Panthers and the Young Lords …
Docs & More: Diana Neille and Richard Poplak
Joining me this week on the Docs & More podcast, are two film makers, chronicling an extra-ordinary story. Diana Neille and Richard Poplak’s debut documentary, Influence, charts the world of …
Docs & More: Mina Keshavarz
Born in Iran, my guest this week has worked as a journalist, co-founding a documentary magazine, “From Tehran”. For the past 18 years Mina Keshavarz has also been working as …
Docs & More: Maia Lekow
This week I’m joined by a Kenyan musician from Nairobi who has now turned documentary maker. As well as being the front woman of the explosive band Maia & The …
Docs & More: Sharron Ward
This week we’re joined by Sharron Ward, a filmmaker, born in Gisborne, NZ, the home of “Middle Earth,” from The Lord of The Rings. Sharron took a more unusual path …
Docs & More: Deepti Gupta
The second series of the Docs & More podcast is out. This week we’re joined by Deepti Gupta, a talented director of photography, who after working in Bollywood has just …
Investigative Journalism – Why I Miss It.
I miss sitting down in front of my television to watch a programme I know will change the way I view society, the government or ‘the system’. Sometimes they are …
Where’s The New Desmond’s?
When growing up I use to love watching Desmond’s. It was hilariously laugh-out-loud funny. Friends of mine – who came from the Caribbean – also loved it. Set in a …