The Elephant in the Room
ITV award winning short documentary narrated by the BAFTA award winning animal rights activist Virginia McKenna exploring solitary wild animal captivity in European zoos through the lens of her life changing experience on set with what would become the last elephant ever kept in a British zoo.
Funded by Warner Brothers Creative Talent, the Born Free Foundation & the University of Hertfordshire.
Written & Directed by Film Pill co-founder Tariq Chow,
Remembering Srebrenica: A Lost Generation
A short documentary following the stories of two women who survived the horrors of concentration camps and genocide in Bosnia, and are now raising their children to live without harbouring hatred.
Produced by Film Pill for Remembering Srebrenica.
Broadcast on AlJazeera.
Welcome to the Mosque
Documentary focusing on Europe's biggest Muslim community in the heart of London with unprecedented access to the East London Mosque. Presented by Robb Leech, whose convert stepbrother embraced extremism in that community, it covers the breaking news story of the now infamous London schoolgirls who left on their own for Syria, with an insight into the community’s raw & emotional response to the crisis.
Supported by Film Pill and broadcast on BBC Two.
Unheard Voices of Brazil
Citizen reporting in marginalised Brazilian communities show what the media overlook. Among the stories unearthed by Brazilians were the relocations of homes due to preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and how excessive force is used by the country’s military on its own citizens.
Edited by Film Pill for The Guardian.
Jihad & Girl Power: How ISIS Lured Three London Girls
A look into the world of three teenage girls who abandoned their lives in London to join the Islamic State.
Additional videography by Film Pill for The New York Times.
Living Lowkey
Few foresaw the infamous fire on Grenfell Tower in the heart of London. Yet popular underground British-Iraqi rapper and activist Lowkey and fellow artists had been drawing attention to the broader socio-economic injustices that contributed to it for years, among many others. A proposed documentary with unprecedented personal access to the man behind the music.
Development by Film Pill for Voiceover.