Looking For:
- Ethnographic Research (assistant)
- Documentary Archive Researcher/Assistant
- Documentary Research Assistant

I am passionate about working to make a social impact and believe it’s important to incorporate as much front line experience as possible when working with documentaries that cover social just... Read More

Looking For:
- Ethnographic Research (assistant)
- Documentary Archive Researcher/Assistant
- Documentary Research Assistant

I am passionate about working to make a social impact and believe it’s important to incorporate as much front line experience as possible when working with documentaries that cover social justice issues. Following my work with Director, Sue Carpenter and volunteering with Global Health Film, I spent two years working as a mental health support worker for homeless people in London. This charity along with Refugee Community Kitchen in Calais - where I spent a few months volunteering in the camps - required me to collaborate closely with various agencies. These included the police, shelters, social services and care coordinators. Although demanding, given the often lesser levels of compassion in certain legal contexts, I was able to professionally build and maintain strong partnerships in order to enhance the support network available to my clients. Due to the heavy nature of legal procedures endured by many on my caseload, I often prioritised time in my schedule to organise and run small workshops or outings to support my client’s mental health. 
  Although a far jump from my previous assistant and voluntary work in documentary, I believe the skills i have gained overtime are key to the ethical production of social issue documentaries, whether that be through sensitive interviewing or frontine knowledge of the criminal justice system for example. My assistant work on 'I Am Belmaya' was to reach out to people of great influence -such as feminist activists, Jameela Jamil and Joanna Lumley - and ask them to review the film in regards to their relevant involvement in the issues exposed. These issues exposed the brutality of life for many girls and women in Nepal, with the focus on Belmaya and her determination to challenge social norms and transcend the life she was born into. I organised the sales and screenings to organisations and Universities, which ultimately led to the documentary being used as an educational resource for a Master’s degree at the University of Sussex, where I gained a first class degree in Anthropology and Ethnographic Film. 
These experiences have inspired me to merge my frontline work in homelessness and creative passions in photography and film to become an ethnographic researcher and interviewer for documentaries. With the opportunity to work within the film and documentary industry, I believe I would be a great asset with a refreshing contribution. Read Less