Eleanor Church
Since finishing the Documentary Practice MA at Brunel, I have been working as the Environmental Justice Foundation's (EJF) filmmaker and film trainer. I make all of the films for EJF and run video advocacy training projects in different communities around the world.
EJF is an NGO which makes a direct link between the need for environmental security and the defence of basic human rights, undertaking investigations and compiling reports and films which are taken to a variety of audiences ranging from the European Parliament and the UN to consumers and they have also been shown at a number of international film festivals. Documentary film plays a hugely important role in advancing EJF's campaigns.
The Documentary Practice MA helped me to develop my technical skills and style, and it gave me a thorough understanding of the process of making documentary films from beginning to end. It was an excellent basis to develop professionally as a filmmaker. The film that I made as my final project for the masters, Manju, was selected and shown as part of the London International Documentary Festival in 2010. I would really recommend the course.
