I had recently contacted my father about his thoughts on Windrush and he was only able to send me a short voice note at this moment. But I’m fascinated to explore this topic fully with him.
Reflexive commentary
The name Hingland comes from Jamaican patois and the way that we exaggerate the pronunciation of England, emphasising h’s over other letters. It was how my grandmother always spoke, in running joke repetition, my father would always imitate her and say “I was born in hingland, isn’t that right Mrs. Douglas?” Familiarity was a key…
Collaboration
In the first weeks of beginning the project, we practised filming and interview techniques in the classroom and on one occasion I had a particularly interesting conversation with a fellow student. We talked about our families and identity, relating these topics back to being of mixed heritage and how we approached the issues we faced…
Cutting
The process of putting together a sequence and becoming acclimated to using Premier Pro was more nuanced than I had imagined. This was a result of my intent: I really wanted to do every scene justice, reflect the conversation and narrative that I’d conceived, and make it seamlessly fascinating. I never wanted the viewer to…
Missed Out
I could not find a way to completely finish the narrative regarding my dad exploring being British through painting and meeting English families in parts of Bristol he had never explored since he existed within the tightknit community of the ‘Other’ for most of his young adulthood. In the process I still have not finished…
HINGLAND
A visual anthropology project on diaspora.
Mixed Media
Over the course of producing my film, I have spent every single day reflecting on what it means to be a member of a diaspora, to have a hybrid identity, and how I construct my sense of self. We are living in the political era through media in the contemporary; and I have wholeheartedly…
Windrush
It has been a particularly turbulent number of years for what it means to ‘be British’ and many questions have been raised about ‘British pride’, ‘taking back our country’ and these questions have resulted in identity crises, splits in opinion across the nation, a rupture in the EU and complications with immigration, migrants and rights….
The beginning
Welcome! I’m in the process of creating a multimedia project on diaspora, identity and belonging through a biographical form of visual ethnography. I am using the term diaspora to mean the “of people who live outside their shared country of origin or ancestry but maintain active connections with it. A diaspora includes both emigrants…
BORN IN HINGLAND 