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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…
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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.
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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…
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