POPPI MAY KNIGHT
Freelance producer & AD.
Based between London and Barcelona.
Film (short & feature), documentary, tv and podcast.
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ESTO PODRÍA FUNCIONAR
OTOXO Productions, 2018
In Spain, undocumented migrants must spend three years living in the country before they can legally work. Many are left homeless, jobless and forced into illicit work on the streets as ‘chatarreros’ – collecting scrap metal in exchange for small amounts of money.
OTOXO Productions, 2018
In Spain, undocumented migrants must spend three years living in the country before they can legally work. Many are left homeless, jobless and forced into illicit work on the streets as ‘chatarreros’ – collecting scrap metal in exchange for small amounts of money.
Esto
Podría Funcionar introduces
a group of African migrants who are harnessing their diverse skill sets to create something remarkable. Together, have created a sustainable recycling service in Barcelona,
Alencop Cooperative. The team collects, repairs and resells household appliances,
providing the chance of a new life for these objects, but also for
themselves.
Their ethos of graft and community has already taken them so far, but with tight margins, choking bureaucracy and experience in their new homeland thin on the ground, we wonder, could this work?
Esto Podría Funcionar won 2nd Best Social Documentary at Beyond Earth Film Festival in 2019, was nominated for Best Short Documentary at Close: Up Edinburgh Docufest, and screened online at Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.
In January 2019, Esto Podría Funcionar was aired on the Catalan television channel Betevé.
Their ethos of graft and community has already taken them so far, but with tight margins, choking bureaucracy and experience in their new homeland thin on the ground, we wonder, could this work?
Esto Podría Funcionar won 2nd Best Social Documentary at Beyond Earth Film Festival in 2019, was nominated for Best Short Documentary at Close: Up Edinburgh Docufest, and screened online at Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.
In January 2019, Esto Podría Funcionar was aired on the Catalan television channel Betevé.
