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BBC Mistaken identity

It doesn’t matter how many times I see this classic TV blooper it still makes me laugh out loud. The look on the guests face when he realizes what has happened is priceless.

South African Gangsters

A film we made in Cape Town during the run up to the 2009 General Election in South Africa.

“It’s good to trust.” Somalia, June 2009.

As we climbed out of the tiny ten seater aircraft and stepped onto Somali soil I was nervous. We were in territory controlled by the Islamist militia Al Shabab, a group with ties to Al Qaeda and a reputation for beheading those who didn’t agree with them. We were the guests of The World [...]

Amandla! An interview with Hugh Masakela.

Hugh Masakela is a South African icon. We were lucky enough to be allowed to film him rehearsing for the concert to mark his seventieth birthday in March this year. He was a nice guy and was very chilled about me setting up lights and running all around his studio.

Welcome to Hell. Congo, September 2008.

“Hay my friend, why are you taking my picture?” I looked up to see the six Congolese soldiers standing over me; they seemed inquisitive rather than angry. I’d been filming Displaced people carrying their belongings along the road that lead north from Goma in the Eastern Congo, people who had left everything except what they [...]

Under Fire in Afghanistan. Helmand, Christmas 2007.

I’d always wandered how it felt to be shot at, to hear the crack of bullets breaking the sound barrier above my head and to feel the adrenaline flood through my body.
When it happened it was strangely surreal, like it was happening to somebody else. My heart rate barely seemed to rise above its normal [...]