During the Covid-19 pandemic, Morisha is quarantined at home with her mother and grandmother. She reports on how her mother, an “essential worker” at a hospital for NHS, has to maintain distance from them to keep her grandmother safe. A moving story about three generations of Tamil women learning from each other and the pandemic.
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INVISIBLE
Women exist everywhere, their stories and voices however, are often drowned out by the experiences of men when it comes to topics like knife crime in London. In this short film, womens’ voices, perspectives and experiences rise to the surface on the subject matter of knife crime in London.
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ARYAN: AFGHANISTAN
Aryan, a 15-year old refugee from Afghanistan, tries to video her living center in Berlin but is not allowed to show the crowded conditions, with many refugees coming and going, and the difficulty of maintaining social distance. When her family is moved to a remote location in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, she wonders what her future holds.
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Global Girl Aisha Clarke wins TV Collective Breakthrough Leader Award
We are delighted for Aisha Clarke, GGM UK graduate and trustee, with her well-deserved win as TV Collective’s Breakthrough Leader 2024.
Please reach out to the Global Girl Media UK, and SUPPORT THEM! – so that we can keep supporting young women from underserved communities – like Aisha – with free professional quality training in journalism, storytelling and documentary filmmaking to create a media landscape which reflects the whole of our diverse culture. [email protected]
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KARMEN: CHICAGO
Karmen is a single-mom trying to balance motherhood, online classes, and parenting a toddler…all while dealing with Covid-19. Her story is relatable for young mothers everywhere.
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21 STUPID QUESTIONS
GGM UK does a mash-up of stupid questions girls of color often get asked.
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MAIA ADELIA WINS
Global Girl Media UK graduate (2019) Maia Adelia has been awarded the BAFTA Scholarship to support her continuing documentary filmmaking studies at the prestigious National Film and Television School. Since attending the GGM UK Summer Academy, Maia has been working as an Assistant Producer in TV. Her credits include: The Good Fight Club (Sky Documentaries), Changemakers (Paramount+) and Danny Dyer: 21st Century Man (Channel 4). Maia is the founder of Next Gen Docs, a resource for emerging documentary filmmakers.
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ZARA JANJUA
Zara Janjua, as guest speaker at GGM’s UK film festival in 2021, talked about “Career in media”.
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YENIFER; GUATEMALA
Yenifer, a teenager from Guatemala, struggles with the death of her grandmother, who died from lung and heart problems because she wasn’t able to access the public clinic during Covid-19.
