This is Brazil

This is Brazil is a six-part cultural documentary series I co-developed and co-produced for SBS Television, broadcast in more than 40 countries. The series explores the hosting cities of the 2014 World Cup, celebrating Brazil’s diversity from the Amazon in the north to the Gaúcho cowboy culture in the south through the eyes of artists, chefs, politicians and everyday people.

Format: 6 x 50 mins
Broadcast: May 2014
Director: Mick de Montignie
Executive Producer: Erik Dwyer
Website: sbs.com.au/thisisbrazil

Press:

"She goes to Rio" Sydney Morning Herald May 2014
"TV critic's picks" Sydney Morning Herald May 2014

A segment from episode two about the street art scene in São Paulo, where the 2007 Clean City Law bans advertising, making way for the city to become a giant urban canvas.

An audio slideshow I created for the website to introduce viewers to first-time host (and my co-producer) Fernanda de Paula. Photography by me, Eduardo de Macedo and David Rose.

Harvest

Harvest is a web documentary series I co-developed and commissioned for SBS that follows the evolution of an empty lot in a notorious public housing estate, known as 'suicide towers', into a thriving community garden. A co-production with ScreenWest and partially funded with a grant from XMediaLab, Harvest was published weekly on a dedicated Facebook page over eight weeks in the spring. The 5,000-strong Facebook community was encouraged to plant-along, guided by step-by-step instructional videos, fact sheets and a gardening expert on hand to answer questions. The project was launched at an event held in the Bentley Community Garden in August 2012 by the Western Australian Minister of Culture and the Arts, the Managing Director of SBS, and the CEO of ScreenWest.

Format: Video (8 x 7 mins), text + images
Published: August 2012
Director: Alison James
Producer: Rob McGlynn
Website: www.facebook.com/SBSHarvest
Awards: Best Short Factual, West Australian Screen Awards 2013