Filmmaker Workshop - 13 - 18 year olds

Join award-winning documentary filmmaker Meera Darji for a creative session exploring the world of documentary filmmaking. Workshop Ever wondered how real-life stories become powerful films? Join award-winning documentary filmmaker Meera Darji for a creative session exploring the world of documentary filmmaking. Take a guided tour of her latest exhibition at Coreset 'Colour Amid Concrete, discover the stories behind the exhibition, and get an insight into how to turn real people, places and experiences into compelling films. Whether you're into film, photography, storytelling or just curious about seeing the world differently, come along, get inspired and explore your creativity! Exhibtion Colour amid Concrete is a multi-sensory exhibition of film, photography and installations exploring the lives of women in India who travel from rural villages in Rajasthan to the cities of Gujarat to work on large construction sites. At the centre of the exhibition is Majoor 9195, a documentary film by award-winning filmmaker, Senior Lecturer and practice-based researcher Meera Darji. The film: Majoor 9195 During her travels in India, Meera was struck by the number of women undertaking strenuous construction work, often carrying bricks and building materials while dressed in their beautiful sarees. Using a cinema vérité approach, Meera Darji spent extended periods of time with the women, observing their everyday lives About the artist Meera Darji is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Senior Lecturer and practice-based researcher at Birmingham City University. Her films have received awards and have been screened at international film festivals and exhibition spaces. Her research focuses on kino eye and cinema vérité techniques as a means of presenting an inclusive and authentic voice within documentary practice.