East End Lives 2010

 

Production notes:

East End Lives 2 takes us into the home of east end artist Alice Sielle where she is photographed by photojournalist Dilruba Khanum. Dilruba started photojournalism in Bangladesh and has continued to photograph since she arrived in London many years ago.

Dilruba is filmed photographing Alice

Phil Maxwell discusses a shoot with Dilruba & Alice.

Imaan enjoyed being filmed and spent a fine Saturday morning showing Phil & Hazuan around her part of the Island. Here she shares a joke with the film makers.

 

Past updates

Filming for East End Lives 2 is now well under way. According to Phil Maxwell the second film in the series “will have a different feel to it because there will be less characters than in the first film. We want to show how the East End is changing and to do this we have been filming the demolition of a block on the Bede estate and introduced Imaan a 12 year old who has just started secondary school on the Isle of Dogs. As well as filming more of the landscape of the East End we will be exploring the lives of different generations.

Imaan with 'Charlie'

Retired publicans Les and Georgina have lived in the east end all their lives and have shared their vivid recollections of pub life and social history with us. They are an amazing, entertaining and knowledgeable couple that will give the film gravitas and enable us to embark on a dynamic visual exploration of the East End going back decades up until the present day. Imaan is a young east ender who exudes a joy for life, her neighbourhood, friends and art. She freely discusses her life and echoes the pride Les and Georgina have in the area”.

Cheshire Street, where Les and Georgina used to run a pub called
The King & Queen (now a private residential development).

Co-director/producer/editor, Hazuan Hashim is enthusiastic about the new film: “our documentaries are always organic. They are a journey, which is always full of surprises. We are never quite sure where the film will end up. It is important that the subjects rather than the filmmakers drive the documentary. We respect the people in our film and allow them to have an authentic voice rather than try to put words in their mouth. We are viewing the east end of London through the eyes and experiences of a diverse group of individuals who give the project its authenticity”.