Part documentary, part narrative, Radio Amina tells the story of Amina Dibir, a 12 year old street hawker from Kano, Nigeria and her imaginary radio show where she gets to say all of the things she wishes she could in real life. The film is currently on the festival circuit where it has screened at several top festivals including IDFA 2011, TIFF 2012 & LSFF 2012.
The Green Lake
Made for Al Jazeera English's People and Power strand, The Green Lake is a 21' film investigating the pollution of the once clean Lake Koka in Ethiopia and the tragic effects this has been having on the lake's residents.
Documentary
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Partially blind & working Nigeria's streets aged 9, Aisha Sani Abdullahi's life chances were not great. But a chance meeting sent her life on a different path. Aisha's Song is a musically lush & beautifully shot film that tells a story of female empowerment from a place where women are often overlooked. Festival screenings include SXSW 2012, Camerimage 2011 & Brief Encounters 2011.
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Client: AL JAZEERA ENGLISHOne of a number of short films we've produced for the Earthrise strand on Al Jazeera English. This film is about a growing movement in New York to green urban spaces and has gone down a storm on youtube racking up over 270,000 hits!
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Client: AL JAZEERA ENGLISHPart 2 of The Nigerian Connection takes us to Benin City in Nigeria, where women, desperately seeking an escape from grinding poverty, can find themselves trapped in a nightmare world of juju magic and prostitution.