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.
Small Print Big Ideas
As the mainstream press feeds the nation consumer gloss underground publishers tell it like it is. Big Issue feature 1999.
Crony Science
Has impartiality in scientific research been lost to corporate interests? Red Pepper Mag 2000.
Cashing in the Coppers
Investigation into publicly funded corporate security and private finance in British policing – 2001.
A Loose Cannon
The sell off of the Government weapons research agency being investigated for corporate manslaughter.
Fishersgate: a Community Between the Cracks
A portrait of the people who make the place. A film commissioned by Adur Council and WRVS 2008
Last One In…
Many Israeli Jews are Arabs or Africans and their experience is very different from those of European descent.
History. Write What You Like.
In a Jerusalem bar Si discovers it’s all about rewriting the past to secure the future.
Seek The Low Places
Island hopping in the West Bank – the great water divide.
Payrolls and Prizes. It’s all About the Money
Goldstone points the finger but no one wants to look. Israel gets compliance, Obama gets his prize and we get gassed at the checkpoint.
Just Another Dead Kid
Two mothers, one Israeli one Palestinian. They’ve both buried children killed by the other’s side but it’s not revenge they’re after.
The Number Crunchers
I’m in the pub when Shakti gets grabbed. A South London library crawls with yellow jackets, and Shakti getting muscled into the back of a car. No need for sound on rolling tv news. Six weeks ago I had a job, a pension and a five year plan. Then Shakti steps out of a...
Pablo’s Egg
Story by Si Mitchell. Illustrations by the super-talented Jake Pond. Pablo does not move until he can no longer smell the tobacco and beer. He knows silence in the city doesn’t mean safety, just that the current dangers are still unknown. Marta is not moving....