ELEPHANT FAMILIES IS A SHORT DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING LATIN AMERICAN TRADERS AT LONDON'S ELEPHANT AND CASTLE, WHOSE COMMUNITY AND LIVELIHOODS ARE BEING DISPLACED BY REGENERATION. THROUGH INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF FAMILIES, THE FILM DOCUMENTS THE HUMAN COST OF DEVELOPMENT THAT FAILS TO CENTRE EXISTING COMMUNITIES. THE FILM PREMIERED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL AND HOT DOCS.

I CAME ON AS IMPACT PRODUCER TO BUILD A CAMPAIGN AROUND SPATIAL JUSTICE, with ONE CORE GOAL: PUSHING DECISION-MAKERS TO COMMIT TO MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CONSULTATION BEFORE REGENERATION DECISIONS ARE MADE. we are working through THREE STRANDS: A FLAGSHIP IMPACT SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION, BRINGING TOGETHER POLICYMAKERS, PLANNING LAWYERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISERS; A COALITION OF ORGANISATIONS ACROSS HOUSING, LEGAL AND MIGRANT-RIGHTS SPACES SHARING AND USING THE FILM IN THEIR OWN ADVOCACY AND TRAINING WORK; AND A UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME EMBEDDING THE FILM IN URBAN PLANNING, GEOGRAPHY AND MIGRATION STUDIES CURRICULA ACROSS EUROPE.

KEY PARTNERSHIPS BEING BUILT INCLUDE SOUTHWARK LAW CENTRE'S PLANNING VOICE UNIT, WHICH HAS WON RECENT COMMUNITY VICTORIES AGAINST DEVELOPERS IN SOUTH LONDON, AND ACADEMIC NETWORKS AT UCL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON AND TU DELFT WORKING ON SPATIAL JUSTICE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.