Hannan Majid

Hannan Majid
হান্নান মাঝিদ
Born
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Alma materNorthern Film School
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Years active2005–present
OrganizationRainbow Collective
Websiterainbowcollective.co.uk

Hannan Majid (Bengali: হান্নান মাঝিদ) is a British documentary filmmaker.

Early life

Hannan Majid's parents are originally from Dhaka, but they immigrated to Bradford, West Yorkshire (England), where Majid was born. He graduated from the Northern Film School in Leeds in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in moving images and film production.[1][2]

Rainbow Collective

Rainbow Collective
IndustryFilm
Founded2006 (2006)
Founder
  • Hannan Majid
  • Richard York
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Key people
  • Hannan Majid
  • Richard York
ProductsDocumentary films
Websiterainbowcollective.co.uk

In 2006, Majid founded Rainbow Collective, a documentary film production company[3] based in London, with Richard York.[4][5] The company specialises in creating documentaries highlighting human and children's rights issues.[2]

Majid has filmed, directed and produced documentaries in South Africa,[5] Bangladesh,[3][5] Iraq[5] and the UK,[5] and has won awards in Dubai, France and the Czech Republic.[2] They have collaborated with TRAID (Textiles Recycling for Aid and International Development),[6] War On Want,[4] Amnesty International, The Consortium For Street Children, Labour Behind the Label, The Childhood Trust, Campaign Against Arms Trade, British Red Cross, Roundhouse Theatre, University of the Arts, SOAS and International Labor Rights Forum.[7] Their films have been exhibited at film festivals, including Abu Dhabi, Cambridge, Bite The Mango, Cape Town, Durban, East End, Leeds International,[8] and AlJazeera International Documentary.

The Rainbow Collective's 30-minute documentary filmTears in the Fabric focused on one family in the aftermath of the 2013 Savar building collapse.[4][9] It premiered at Regent's University London in 2014.[3]

In partnership with TRAID, "they have made a series of citizen journalist films with Cambodian garment workers"[6] that Lucy Siegle, writing in The Guardian in 2017, considered "well worth a watch".

In August 2017, they became members of DIGNItex,[10] a platform for defending decent jobs in the garment industry.

Filmography

Year Title Credit
2006 AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven Director, cinematographer
Bafana Director
2009 Baghdad Holiday Director
2010 Voices from the Camps
The Machinists [11] Director, cinematographer, editor
2012 Not Ok Here, Not Ok Anywhere Director, cinematographer
2014 Tears in the Fabric [11] Director, producer
Mass E Bhat [5] Director

See also

References

  1. ^ "LinkedIn, Hannan Majid".
  2. ^ a b c Myburg, Debbie (13 June 2011). "Hope amidst the hardship". The South African. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Swash, Rosie (23 April 2014). "Rana Plaza anniversary: how to help on Fashion Revolution Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c McVeigh, Tracy (19 April 2014). "Ethical lobby to target fashion retailers with supply chain campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Zarandi, Oliver (9 September 2014). "Bring food – not a ticket – to see Rainbow Collective's documentary about Bangladesh". London: East End Review. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b Siegle, Lucy (9 April 2017). "The eco guide to global goals". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Films". The Rainbow Collective. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  8. ^ "Rainbow Collective Film Festival: Day 4". University of Leeds. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ Badal, Julie Flynn (28 April 2014). "Revisiting Rana Plaza". HuffPost. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Who we are - Dignitex". Dignitex. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ a b Badal, Julie Flynn (5 October 2013). "The True Price of a Pair of Jeans: Documentary Offers a Glimpse at the Grim Reality Behind the Outsourcing of Garment Production". HuffPost. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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