FILM

Jo’s work in film fuses documentary and dance elements to create portraits with individuals or groups.
Her film work includes:

2007
From The Soil
England
A 30-minute dance/documentary film about farming families in South-west England
To find out more about From The Soil
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2007 The Return
Cambodia
A feature-length dance/documentary film about Kim Sathia, formerly a celebrated classical Cambodian dancer, returning to the stage for the first time after an accident which left her in a wheelchair.

Funded by the British Embassy, Cambodia; Epic Arts; Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Paul Leonard and The Bishop of Southwark’s Lent Appeal
To find out more about The Return
click here.

2003 Running Through Bullets
Ethiopia
A short film about an integrated group of dancers earning their living in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia.To find out more about the work in Ethiopia click here.

2002 Home
London, Taunton, Washington DC
A project to create three films involving hundreds of performers and nine artists, including an 18-minute dance/documentary film with 26 performers from the East End of London.

Funded by Arts Council England; Awards for All; NewVIc; NESTA and Primal Pictures.
To find out more about Home click here

2001 Three Minute Birth
London
Award-winning 3-minute dance film about motherhood, created with Rachel Davies and broadcast on Channel Four.

Funded by Arts Council England and Channel Four.