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OUR STORY
Story Spider Productions is a team of three women filmmakers, based in London and Nairobi. With backgrounds in international aid, community development and journalism, we got together in January 2013 to pursue our passion for storytelling through film.
MELANIE BROWN
​...is an Assistant Producer (radio) at the BBC, as well as a freelance multimedia journalist and photographer, based in London. Melanie documents social issues in the UK and internationally, and has a background working in International Development.
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Melanie has experience producing multimedia content for a range of news organisations and charities. She has worked extensively in Afghanistan, India and Latin America.
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Amongst other areas, Melanie has documented human rights, poverty, social justice and cultural issues, and is currently exploring the use of photo-films as a story-telling medium.
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Melanie's most recent project has been making a photofilm about women boxers in Afghanistan.
www.melaniebrownmultimedia.com​
OLIVIA MUNORU
...is a Human Geographer, Coach and the founder of The Life Safari. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human Geography, a Diploma of Education and a Masters in International and Community Development.
In her non-film-making career Olivia works in community settings worldwide, as a trainer and coach to community facilitators and consultant to NGOs. She has worked with a diverse range of groups including fishermen in Cambodia, farmers in Zambia and transgender sex-workers in Indonesia. Along the way she has heard many a storyteller, discovering that great stories can inspire powerful change.
The decision to make documentaries came from a desire to tell interesting stories back home that challenge people's perspectives and help us to learn about ourselves.
Olivia is a connector and a collaborator, and takes a facilitative approach to documentary making. She engages with people on a human level, making it easy for them to share their story.

The journey of Unladylike started way back in 1999 - when Olivia first stepped into the boxing ring....
ANNA PATTON
…is a communications specialist and journalist, focusing on international development and social enterprise. To date she has worked in Ireland, Germany, Belgium, and Tanzania, and is now based in London.
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A writer by trade, Anna has gradually become hooked on multimedia and visual storytelling. Her latest writing, photography, video and other projects can be seen on www.annapatton.me.
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In 2013, Anna trained as a facilitator in participatory video/photography, and has led workshops with low-income communities in Uganda and Kenya, helping them build and share their stories. She is also a project manager with many years’ experience in leading projects in the EU/government, charity and media sectors, and is a Fellow of the On Purpose social enterprise programme.
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