Ben Crowe

Writer, documentary filmmaker and video producer specialising in field-investigations, research and interactive multi-media for non-profit sector

[Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words @visual_verse]

Wishing a very happy birthday to our dear co-founder @PretiTaneja – an absolute gift to the world of literature and writing and forever our north star. Happy birthday, Preti! 😍

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

⁦Really happy to hear this beautiful idea realised from artist Gil Delindro at ⁦@varc_arts⁩ which @erafilms⁩ helped to document: the sound of the 'helm wind' blows down the south-west slope of the Cross Fell escarpment in Cumbria https://t.co/xNKh9dpyek

[Silvie Fisch @SilvieFisch]

Some memorable parts from the 1st Byker walkabout with Vernon Gracie, the executing architect during the redevelopment 1969-82. @salawatson @erafilms @NCL_OralHistory @NewcastleUniAPL @BykerTrust https://t.co/Is4cGXGjLv

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

Latest video for @IISD_ENB ⁦@WUF_UNHabitat⁩ at #wuf11 Katowice, Poland https://t.co/ROp0ut6vy6

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

Some quiet inspiration for artists ‘A Message Every Creator Needs to Hear’ by Chris Hau https://t.co/SMrk3qXVm8 via @YouTube

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

Sunday treat: Photographic Composites Document the Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Vultures, Crows, and Bats | Colossal https://t.co/GrRw4A4C35

[London Review of Books @LRB]

‘These are kinetic images, in which the subjects almost become their work. The musician, too, is a labourer, a Black artist trying to make a living in a society that figures him as a performing monkey.’

@mba_gazelle on the photography of Roy DeCarava:

https://t.co/6uEjKoJqlC

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

Pleased to be video producing again at #MinamataCOP4 Bali,Indonesia alongside UN Minamata Convention Secretariat + @IISD_ENB

[Minamata Convention on Mercury @minamataMEA]

21 March: The 1⃣st day of #MinamataCOP4.2 featured the opening ceremony, the #BaliDeclaration & remarks by @MonikaStankiew3, @andersen_inger, @SitiNurbayaLHK, @cmrodrigueze, @rosavivien & others.

📺 Watch this short video for a quick taste of the day: https://t.co/RfpiQu0Hbz

[Minamata Convention on Mercury @minamataMEA]

21 March: The 1⃣st day of #MinamataCOP4.2 featured the opening ceremony, the #BaliDeclaration & remarks by @MonikaStankiew3, @andersen_inger, @SitiNurbayaLHK, @cmrodrigueze, @rosavivien & others.

📺 Watch this short video for a quick taste of the day: https://t.co/RfpiQu0Hbz

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

I've just become a convert to 'syntropic farming'...check out the excellent The Food Forest Farmers https://t.co/5ZJp8sMnLc via @happenfilms

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Nearly six million people in England and Wales could become eligible to be stripped of their British citizenship without warning, under new plans proposed by the government https://t.co/BQXRSUz6T7

[Prof AK Gill PhD. CBE | Criminologist |ਪੰਜਾਬੀ🍉𓂆 @DrAishaKGill]

Phenomenal @PretiTaneja @guardian. In 'Aftermath' she powerfully records personal proximity to the London Bridge atrocity. "I could not sleep. All I wanted was to go back to the day before. If nothing else, to tell Jack do not go to London." @sukidhanda 📷
https://t.co/jXfIouIFLF

[And Other Stories @andothertweets]

The incredible author of Aftermath, Preti Taneja @PretiTaneja, on her book, in conversation on our blog Ampersand here
https://t.co/AHTCA4Wz2F

[Newcastle University @UniofNewcastle]

Prof Preti Taneja's new book Aftermath is an anti-racist lyrical essay which is already gaining critical acclaim. @NCL_English @NCLcreativearts https://t.co/L6ZApcxfTQ

[Ben Crowe @erafilms]

‘Like slave and master’: DRC miners toil for 30p an hour to fuel electric cars https://t.co/LKFttMBctP

[Global Rights Alert @graUganda]

In strong terms, GRA condemns the
arrest of @AfiegoUg staff that took place yesterday and calls for unconditional release of the affected individuals and all other voices that speak against the violation of human rights of communities affected by extractives. #FreeAfiegoStaff

[AFIEGO @AfiegoUg]

Statement on the arrest of six AFIEGO staff, including the CEO Dickens Kamugisha. The staff spent a night at Kiira Police Station. Information coming in indicates that they are going to be transferred to Jinja Road Police Station.
#FreeAfiegoStaff

[INSIGHTS Public Lectures | Newcastle University @InsightsNCL]

#NewcastleDebates: How will the North East confront the climate crisis?

5 Oct, 5.30pm
Register: https://t.co/mb308EmV03

Join the debate to discuss the role the North East can play in limiting carbon emissions

@UniofNewcastle @NCLSusCampus @scienceatlife @Hudsonweather #COP26

[InsightShare @InsightShare]

#OurLandOurNature - “In the not-too-distant past, protected areas took away not only our rights, but our ability to exercise our responsibilities related to the lands.” - Nembaso Sayori, an elder from Oloipiri northern #Tanzania.

[Christine Lain @LainTina]

Learn from lessons and experiences on what CSOs and local communities from DRC and Uganda are doing to defend their environmental and human rights against the dangers of #oil which is threatening the most critical biodiversity area…https://t.co/vHs7IHisZp https://t.co/wmsSshTZOR