Liz Smith
I am a documentary filmmaker. My work is centered around human rights issues. I am curious about what makes human beings tick, and how psychology and environment drive contemporary behaviour.
Page75 Productions
I am currently making a series of films about democratic backsliding and the climate crisis
I Am Gen Z
I directed and edited I Am Gen Z. The film premiered at CPH:DOX and it won the award for Best Feature Film at The Lower East Side Film Festival
WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD?
I am the show host and co-producer of What’s Going On In Your Head? It explores the secret inner workings of the mind through performance art and discussion.
Join me at London cop – 9 Dec 2023
At 5pm I’ll be speaking on a panel is devoted to the way artists, filmmakers and musicians are responding to the climate crisis. I will be showing a clip from one of our upcoming films.
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I Was Arrested by the Thought Police. In the UK.
Being arrested for a crime I might commit in the future, that I wasn’t intending to commit, sounds like something you might read in a novel by George Orwell. I didn’t expect that to happen to me in the UK in 2023, but that is precisely what happened.
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How Resilient IS Gen Z?
In some ways, Gen Z is extremely resilient. I think we often underestimate how truly challenging it is to grow up in a world of 24/7 connectivity and social media. They are the guinea pig generation for the mobile digital technology age and thus they’re having to develop their own version of resilience in a…
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Legal But Harmful
What are we willing to tolerate to protect free speech? “Legal but harmful” – This isn’t protection from cancel culture, it’s child abuse.
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