Outputs (15)

Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history (2018)
Digital Artefact

This film has been made by the Nottingham based Slave Trade Legacies (STL) group with Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers, based on a poem by Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard. STL is a mainly African Caribbean group working to gain acknowledgement of the contribution... Read More about Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history.

SS Mendi (2014)
Digital Artefact

This film commemorates the fate of the SS Mendi, transporting South African Labour Corps troops to join the WW1 war efforts on the front lines in France. On 21 February 1917, just twelve miles off the coast of the Isle of Wight from leaving Cape Town... Read More about SS Mendi.

Being a man (2014)
Digital Artefact

Before being approached to make this film I had heard of muscular dystrophy, but the name Duchenne was new to me. On reading up about the condition, and listening to the audio interviews with the 20 men who talked to the researchers, I was struck by... Read More about Being a man.

Nothing Matters Everything Matters (2013)
Digital Artefact

Something has happened to set Tim Andrews on a different path. Formerly a lawyer, he has dedicated himself to portrait photography, having been photographed by over 240 artists for his 'Over The Hill' project. Deviating from photography, I pitched an... Read More about Nothing Matters Everything Matters.

Plan China (2009)
Digital Artefact

In 2007 I visited Guangzhou, China for 10 days as Filmmaker-in-Residence with a group of young people and three other support workers, on a research trip exploring creative life and education in the city. The resulting 21 minute film was screened... Read More about Plan China.

Lafrance’s Story: Inside Out (2008)
Digital Artefact

Short documentary for BBC 1's 'Inside Out' magazine programme, exploring the story of Lafrance Gordon, and how he has overcome suffering from a stroke by challenging himself to physical tests. This film charts his climbing of the highest peak in Sout... Read More about Lafrance’s Story: Inside Out.

Unfinished Business (2007)
Digital Artefact

In 2007 I Directed this film for Firstborn Creatives, for BBC1 (West). It explores how the city of Bristol has dealt with coming to terms with its historical links with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, in the year of the bicentenary of the passing of... Read More about Unfinished Business.

Barbados to Bath (2007)
Digital Artefact

30 minute documentary exploring the story of how the city of Bath came to be home to one of the oldest Caribbean steel band orchestras in the UK.

Under the Bridge (2000)
Digital Artefact

This documentary explores Bristol’s historical links with the slave trade, and the feelings in the city relating to this past. It charts local protests, the opening of Pero's Bridge my Paul Boateng MP, and the city's first museum exhibition dedicate... Read More about Under the Bridge.

Footsteps of the Emperor (1999)
Digital Artefact

50 min Documentary about Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I’s time living in the city of Bath in exile from 1936 - 1941, during Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia. Directer and Producer - Shawn Sobers Presenter - Benjamin Zephaniah Executive Prod... Read More about Footsteps of the Emperor.