Category: Mexico

The Waitlist: short film

by Natasha Pizzey on May 2, 2019 in Documentary, Mexico, Production • 0 Comments

In Tijuana, a Mexican border town across from San Diego, 1000s of refugees from across the world are stranded waiting for their chance to ask the US for help and safety. As the US turns refugees away from border entry points, migrants themselves find ways to decide whose turn it is to apply for asylum on any given day. This story is about their waitlist, told through the eyes of refugees who’ve travelled from as far as Cameroon, Haiti, and Honduras. A production for Doha Debates with James Fredrick.

LA Times: One Dying Wish

by Natasha Pizzey on April 4, 2019 in Immigration, Mexico, Production, Shoot/edit • 0 Comments

DP/PRODUCER: Alone in the U.S., an immigrant has one dying wish: To reunite with his estranged family CLICK HERE TO PLAY VIDEO (Photo by Katie Falkenberg, LA Times)

WaPo: We Come in Peace

by Natasha Pizzey on December 12, 2018 in Mexico • 0 Comments

DP/PRODUCER:

Migrants on the caravan find themselves trapped in the border city of Tijuana.

Click here to play video (scroll half way down article)

Colossus

by Natasha Pizzey on November 9, 2018 in Cultural, Documentary, Mexico, Production • 0 Comments

PRODUCER: Jamil Sunsin is the only person in his family born in the U.S. His parents and sister came from Honduras and lived in the U.S. for a decade before Jamil’s father was arrested for being undocumented. The entire family was forced to return to Honduras, a country wracked with violence. After a knife attack, Jamil is traumatized, and becomes…

Privatising Honduras – BBC documentary

by Natasha Pizzey on October 9, 2018 in BBC, Documentary, Honduras, Mexico, Production, Shoot/edit • 0 Comments

I produced/directed/filmed this with Luis Fajardo presenting for the BBC. It was part of a series called the Creative Challenge in 2018.

Working The Night Shift For Mexico City’s Bloody Crime Tabloids

by Natasha Pizzey on October 9, 2018 in Drug War, Mexico, Photography • 0 Comments

Juan Pedro’s story, BBC

by Natasha Pizzey on September 19, 2018 in BBC, Documentary, Mexico, Production, Reporting, Shoot/edit • 0 Comments

Directed/produced/filmed by me.

Juan Pedro Franco holds the Guinness record for the heaviest man alive. But he’s trying to lose weight with the help of medics in Mexico, where he lives. The BBC followed his journey losing weight.

A film by Natasha Pizzey

‘My heart tells me he will be alive’ – BBC

by Natasha Pizzey on August 22, 2018 in BBC, Documentary, Mexico, Production, Reporting, Shoot/edit • 0 Comments

Production, filming, editing.

In Mexico City, many families are still awaiting news of loved ones missing after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 19 September.

One office block in central Mexico City – Alvaro Obregon 286 – is the deadliest site, with more than 35 bodies recovered and more still missing.

Families are camping out nearby as dozens of rescuers search the rubble.

The BBC spent three days with the family of 26-year-old Adrian Moreno, who had recently started working in the building.

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-41444009/mexico-quake-my-heart-tells-me-he-will-be-alive