links to some of my films

  • Detroit: Water not flowing
  • Anti-Semitism – online to offline
  • Defying Death in South Sudan
  • Namibia’s Black Rhino: their last wild retreatDisability in South Africa
  • Disability in South Africa
  • Survivors of terrorism in Norway
  • The ‘most deaf’ rapper
  • My blog
  • The future will be different – Moscow, fashion and disability

    Traditionally, people with disabilities have been all but invisible on Russia’s streets. But that’s beginning to change. This is a one minute trailer for a forthcoming documentary, made for UN Television. A beautiful future from francismead@airpost.net on Vimeo.

    francismead

    July 22, 2011
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  • will-power, video, oil booms and blind metro rides

    It seems to me that each filming trip is essentially an act of will. Where no thing existed before, you will something into existence – in this case short documentaries filmed in Azerbaijan and Moscow. The whole thing requires utter doggedness and persistence, in the full knowledge that unless YOU do this, no one else […]

    francismead

    July 13, 2011
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  • Banana rats and the man who worked for Bin Laden

    At one time Khalid Al-Jhani made bombs for Osama Bin Laden – but now he’s a free man. How could that be? Al Jhani has led an extraordinary life – he set off as an idealistic young man to protect Muslims, ended up working for Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, met Osama Bin Laden several times, […]

    francismead

    May 1, 2011
    Uncategorized
    Bin Laden, Guantanamo, rehab, Saudi, terrorist, Tora Bora
  • Gaza – birth amid death

    A short film about a courageous midwife in Gaza. And here are my personal reflections on filming in Gaza, in particular the extraordinary story of Gazan cameraman Khalid – that’s me on the left, Khalid on the right.         Khalid is a smallish, wiry man with a lot of energy. I’ve been […]

    francismead

    February 6, 2011
    Uncategorized
    Gaza, midwife, war
  • In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – the man who knew Bin Laden

    Filming a piece on the man who went from being a high-school student, to an Al-Qaeda trainer in Afghanistan. Khalid was an electronics expert, and knew how to wire bombs. He ended up in Guantanamo for 4.5 years. Now he’s a free man, married with kids. We’re making a film for the UN about how […]

    francismead

    February 2, 2011
    Uncategorized
  • Abducted, displaced and bereaved – Sri Lanka’s legacy of war

    Every community in Sri Lanka has been affected by Sri Lanka’s civil war – especially children. I filmed there in 2007. The official end of war came in 2009 – but that doesn’t mean that the scars have healed. Children and War from francismead@airpost.net on Vimeo.

    francismead

    January 6, 2011
    Uncategorized
  • The Algerian terrorist who came home – rare video

    Take a look at this video about a terrorist who gave up the struggle and returned to society after fighting in the hills for four years. The under-reported story of how and why people give up terrorism.

    francismead

    January 2, 2011
    Uncategorized
  • Poisoned Chalice: The UN in Iraq

    Poisoned Chalice: The UN in Iraq. On 19 August 2003 Francis Mead was working as a freelance journalist in Baghdad, reporting on the humanitarian situation with the help of the UN. He was sitting in the UN’s Baghdad headquarters when a suicide truck bomb smashed into the building. He survived unhurt, but 22 others, including […]

    francismead

    January 2, 2011
    Uncategorized
  • The amazing campaign to wipe out polio

    Some video stuff I did for UNICEF – includes a piece narrated by the legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado – the worldwide campaign against polio is one of the most amazing and unsung achievements of the human race.

    francismead

    January 2, 2011
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