John Swindells
Three decades of documentary filmmaking.
Each film began with a single conviction: that this person's story, this moment in human experience, deserved to be witnessed and experienced. Hover to explore. Click to enter each world.
One of the greatest mystics and thinkers of the 20th century — Oxford Benedictine monk who spent 37 years in Southern India developing a spiritual and scientific understanding that transcended all dogma.
View FilmOlivia Mensah-Kamara — mother of seven, former broadcast journalist, and political prisoner in Sierra Leone — navigates resettlement in Tasmania while two brothers remain stranded as refugees in Ghana.
View FilmWidely considered the most effective animal rights activist of the 20th century, Henry Spira used direct action and ethical campaigning to end cruel animal testing — co-presented with philosopher Peter Singer.
View FilmWriter, muse, and philanthropist Barbara Blackman AO reflects on a fascinating life of extreme highs and lows, determined to find meaning, authentic spirituality, and wholeness — completely uncompromised by blindness.
View FilmAn intimate, unflinching portrait of a young Melbourne university student navigating the daily realities of schizophrenia — a pioneering work of mental health advocacy designed to pierce through stigma.
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