At the end of 2020, I applied for the position of Creative Fellow in Filmmaking at the University of Birmingham because they were looking for someone to produce a documentary film about a major international research project, the EMOTIVE Study, over a 9 month period. The project led by professor Arri Coomarasamy, is based in Birmingham (Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research) but operates in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa and Sri Lanka. It addresses the treatment and prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) - bleeding after childbirth - and women dying from PPH.
I felt I was made for this, as a filmmaker, mother and birth
doula and was deeply grateful to have been appointed
for the position.
It has been challenging journey which is now soon
coming to an end....I am entering month 9....about
to give birth to the film that I have been carrying inside
me since January, with very little control over its
production in African countries, encountering delays
due to Covid restrictions and other limitations....
and learning to let go of expectations as you would
in pregnancy.
AND NOW FINALLY...
I am immersed in the editing process, joining the
dots together, the story and emotions, to make sense,
to give sense and it is difficult and exciting at the same
time just as being pregnant can be like in your last month.
I have found a perfect use for my easel in
post-production, using storyboards created by
the wonderful animator I am working with
Riitta Hakkarainen.
I felt I was made for this, as a filmmaker, mother and birth
doula and was deeply grateful to have been appointed
for the position.
It has been challenging journey which is now soon
coming to an end....I am entering month 9....about
to give birth to the film that I have been carrying inside
me since January, with very little control over its
production in African countries, encountering delays
due to Covid restrictions and other limitations....
and learning to let go of expectations as you would
in pregnancy.
AND NOW FINALLY...
I am immersed in the editing process, joining the
dots together, the story and emotions, to make sense,
to give sense and it is difficult and exciting at the same
time just as being pregnant can be like in your last month.
I have found a perfect use for my easel in
post-production, using storyboards created by
the wonderful animator I am working with
Riitta Hakkarainen.
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