Dila and Isabella discuss what it’s like to grow up in an ethnically diverse country, the U.K., but still be facing systemic racism and prejudice from primary school to employment. Produced for the GGM UK Summer Digital Training Academy.
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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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NAOMI: London, U.K.
Naomi is concerned about her friend Rita who was forced to leave university and return home to a domestic violence situation during the Covid-19 crisis. She investigates the larger question of people’s overall mental health, and in particular the frontline NHS workers, how they may experience ongoing trauma even after the pandemic. -
MORISHA: London, U.K.
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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EVERYONE CAN BE A GRETA
Daze Aghaji always felt a connection to nature. She explains why she now describes herself as a climate activist – and what we can all do to make a difference.
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BREXIT UNVEILED
A look at Brexit from the perspective of a Muslim female artist.
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SPEAK UP
A short documentary on the sexual harassment of young women in the U.K., especially how wearing a school uniform increases this. Interviews online help girls come forward…
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STEALING INTIMACY
‘He showed it to all their friends and they thought it was hilarious. I felt really humiliated.’ The reality of so-called slut-shaming.
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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.
