Meet the Collaborators: Bircan Birol and Giovanna MacKenna
Remembering Together: South Lanarkshire have appointed two new collaborators to work alongside Kathryn for the second phase of the project.
Meet Videographer Bircan Birol and Poet Giovanna MacKenna.
Bircan Birol Giovanna MacKenna
Bircan Birol is a documentary filmmaker who dives into the connections between generations, community ties, and often untold personal stories in her films. She strongly believes in the healing and understanding power of non-fiction storytelling for both herself and her audience.
Besides her creative documentaries, she's passionate about making films that make a social impact and collaborates on various non-fiction projects. She actively engages in participatory filmmaking, advocating for the power of self-representation and the accessibility of this medium.
Giovanna MacKenna was an actor, and a journalist, and is now a poet and creative facilitator. She is currently poet in residence at the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research and is also delighted to be working with Scotland’s Remembering Together Covid Memorial project.
You can find current work in Sídhe Press, Stanza Cannon, Black Bough and Nine Pens. Giovanna’s first collection is available from The Museum of Loss and Renewal Publishing.
Giovanna’s website | Giovanna’s Twitter