Transmissions
A Shelter From The Storm
Social Broadcasts (UK 2018)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2018)
23 min
Constructed as an ‘audio portrait’ – this piece takes the listener into what first appears to be an ordinary dilapidated church somewhere in London. The chairs creak and the congregation clap along accompanied by a tambourine and guitar whist they enthusiastically sing generic hymns. The first listener reaction could be an eye roll and a little discomfort at the ‘Kumbaya’ nature of it all. Then the sermon starts and we hear a female Reverend Jak Davis, and quickly understand we are not in the realm of the usual church experience as she talks about persecution and rejection by other churches and communities and how this church welcomes everyone, whatever their sexual orientation or gender preference.
This piece is primarily about rejection and acceptance, but also subtly touches on our own bias and preconceived ideas about the church and Christian worship in the UK.
Producer: Lucia Scazzocchio / Social Broadcasts
Executive Producer: Max Sanderson
Commissioned for The Story – Guardian Podcasts
The Left To Die Boat
Sharon Davis - 360 Documentaries (AUS 2012)
Produced by Sharon Davis - 360 Documentaries (AUS 2012)
54 min
An epic saga of life and death on the Mediterranean. Sharon Davis investigates how the combined military power of NATO failed to prevent more than 60 people dying on board a small boat as it drifted for 15 days through the most heavily monitored ocean on earth.
This is an account by the survivors, three of whom are now living in Tasmania, of their epic tale of life and death at sea... but there's also a very disturbing twist. The case of the so called “Left To Die Boat” became the focus of a deepening scandal in Europe involving NATO and some of the world's most powerful nations.