Freetown, Sierra Leone
$300 - $750 / Day
I am a Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker, who has been working internationally since 2005. During this time, I have directed, produced, shot, and/or edited more than thirty film projects - traveling with all my own equipment and learning to find creative solutions in sometimes challenging situations. Along with a combined honours degree in Journalism and International Development Studies from the University of King's College (Canada), I also studied Documentary Filmmaking at Prague Film School, and completed an MA in Global Media and Transnational Communications at Goldsmith's, University of London. I have spent much of my career working on projects across Western Africa and Eastern Europe, and am currently based out of Monrovia, Liberia. Favourite stories to hunt: anything involving youth, post-conflict regions, media, creativity, and/or development.
17-year-old Morris lives near the airport in Monrovia, Liberia and dreams of one day flying to all the countries in the world. Despite being told that his goals are beyond reach, he continues to dream big; plotting out ways to beat the odds in a society still recovering after two decades of civil war. *Official selection: Global Visions Film Fest, Long Island International Film Expo & others.
Liberia walks, runs, dances and rises to call for an end to violence against women and girls on February 14, 2013.
Across 38 markets in Liberia, thousands of market women are entering classrooms to learn essential business skills. With new skills in budgeting, savings, banking, and business planning, market women are taking their businesses to the next level and gaining new confidence in their futures and in themselves.
In Liberia, millions of children are waking up to a world of hunger, poverty and disease. This case study was produced as part of a Save the Children UK campaign. Co-filmed by Arwen Kidd.
A prison in Louisiana hosts an annual rodeo to bring economic opportunities to inmates facing life sentences. Photos and Words by Arwen Kidd (2014).
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