Si Mitchell is a journalist and filmmaker from the social justice frontline. His work has been published in all forms of the itinerant and less-itinerant press.
His films have been screened, stolen, imitated and cited in court cases and bar fights from Aberavon to Al Mukalla.
The Art of Peace
A tale of art vs violence in Medellin Colombia.
The Wheel
A young reporter making connections on the refugee trail 2015
Borderland
Agendas are confusing and alliances contradictory In the porous borderlands of Lebanon and Syria. 18min doc.
Greenpeace – The Little Explorer
As the sea ice melts the trawlers move in. Viral ad for Greenpeace International 2016 #savethearctic
Boozer
An old style boozer provides an unlikely community resource. 8min doc 2016
Breaking Borders: Seeking Refuge in Europe
A series of dispatches I shot for Vice News on the European refugee crisis September 2015
The Temperance Movement ‘Midnight Black’
Official Promo for The Temperance Movement’s ‘Midnight Black’
Borderland and Freedom
In the Lebanese/Syrian hills words don’t always match actions but young men catch bullets all the same (5000word article).
Cage Life
“Take me back to Pretoria, the Mississippi Delta.” Life in the cage of Hebron H2.
Beware the Absolutes
Meet the believers. When the big books appear reason makes an exit.
Lenzman ft Riya – ‘Open Page’
The official video for Lenzman ft Riya’s ‘Open Page’ (Metalheadz). Nominated for best video 2010 by Drum&Bass Arena.
Nato’s Radioactive War
As the effects of depleted uranium bombing in the Gulf become undeniable, Nato comes under fire for waging ‘nuclear war’ in the Balkans.
Crowd Bites Wolf
Last of the Guerillavision fire-starters. World Bank/IMF meeting Prague, September 2000.
Big Rattle in Seattle
November 30 1999 blockade against the World Trade Organisation, Seattle USA.
Bullet
Watch five and a half millimeters of NATO Standard Issue part hair, skin and skull. See soft cerebellum liquefy and hollow point steel fragment. Witness shards of metal and bone as they spin through cortex and colliculus and wonder at the bullet’s rotational shock...
Seek The Low Places
Island hopping in the West Bank – the great water divide.
March for Homes
The March for Homes 31st March 2015. A mix of hope and quiet rage in the London rain. This is just a short sequence form the day... part of a larger ongoing project, but gives a flavour of the strength of feeling on the streets that day. http://vimeo.com/120038885
Man…on the move again
Mass exodus from strife and war is an ancient and profoundly human act - a piece from the Balkan refugee route September 2015. “There was no food. Nothing. People ate tree leaves. They ate cats. You know what a cat is?” We’re on a train rattling through northern...
Balkan Refugees
Some stills from the Serbian Hungarian refugee route shot on assignment for Vice News Sept 2015.
Millers Daughter ‘One Way Ticket’
Millers Daughter performing 'One Way Ticket' at Tileyard Studios, London. Shot for the Westfield Music Cube project. Another Mono Grande piece - camera's myself, Charlie Miller and Jack Mcgloughlin. Edit by Charlie. Sound recording and mix by Jono at Script....
Hannah Grace ‘Broke’
‘Broke’ by the sweet toned Hannah Grace. Recorded and shot at Snap Studios Haringey, London April 2014.
Meet Raul Mamani
A short profile of indigenous coffee farmer Raul Mamani who produces award winning coffee on his small holding in the hills of southern Peru. http://vimeo.com/93308751