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Rough with the Smooth Industry

Rough with the Smooth

2019 has been quite some year. There have been many great achievements and accomplishments. But, accompanying the proverbial rough of the smooth, there have been disappointments and challenges too. Let’s start with the smooth. This was the year that we officially launched MsMono and I have been wonderfully surprised by…
The Power of Perspective Industry

The Power of Perspective

I’ve learnt that the perspective in which you view your life is changeable. Sometimes this shifts due to a huge life event, sometimes through smaller life lessons. Perspective according to the Cambridge English Dictionary is “a particular way of considering something”. I’ve always considered Life to be too short to…
The Weight on Women Industry

The Weight on Women

When the idea of this essay first came to me it was born of rage. A rage born of confusion. How can you treat a person with respect and kindness, with humanity, and they respond with, this? As a woman- a woman of colour- it is exhausting, and disheartening, and…
Redefining the narrative Industry

Redefining the narrative

People often ask me what I mean when I say my biggest passion when it comes to storytelling is "redefining the narrative for women through Film and TV".  Picture this. A young couple walk hand-in-hand along the beach. They’ve both managed to sneak a beer from their older siblings and…
Learning to Say No Industry

Learning to Say No

I’m a big believer is working on as many projects as you can when you are starting out. The more sets you are on, the more you will learn! I have worked on some very disorganized sets and learned how to run mine better. I’ve worked for no pay outside…
An Unexpected Lesson Industry

An Unexpected Lesson

I cared for my father for the last 3 years of his life. After which, I decided that by the time I was 50 I should be an established filmmaker or, at the very least, see the light at the end of the tunnel. That gave me 4 years. 4…
Why still, David Lynch? Industry

Why still, David Lynch?

This has been a year of progression in both the micro and macro. In the micro: I began making movies for the first time (after a decade directing only theatre). In the macro – from the kick-ass Killing Eve to Debra Granik's beautifully subtle Leave No Trace; from an entirely…
Let’s talk about Airbrushing Industry

Let’s talk about Airbrushing

After a twelve-year hiatus working as a counsellor, I finally made my way back to acting last September. I can’t lie; I fully expected to return to a more ‘grown-up’ industry - one where difference and diversity were celebrated and certainly one where women were making great strides. I mean…come on,…