The Human Frame
My work, as an actor and human rights campaigner, sits at the crossroads of human rights and the arts, exploring how creativity can reveal the deeper truths of what it means to be human. Through The Human Frame, I bring together artists, activists, and thinkers to explore how performance can become a form of resistance, empathy, and change.
The Human Frame
Beyond the Headlines: Mita on Advocacy, Documentaries and the Reality of Seeking Asylum in the UK
In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja speaks with Mita, a human rights advocate, consultant, and documentary producer whose work is shaped profoundly by her own lived experience.
Mita shares their personal journey of navigating bureaucracy in a country that too often treats asylum seekers with suspicion rather than humanity. Drawing on their frontline work and creative projects, they offer an unfiltered look at the realities faced by people seeking safety - from systemic failures and hostile policies to misinformation in the media.
The conversation explores:
✨ How lived experience shaped Mita’s purpose as an advocate
✨ The realities of claiming asylum in the UK, beyond media narratives
✨ Mita's documentary Dover 82
✨ Storytelling as a tool for reclaiming dignity and truth
✨ The importance of representation and centering lived-experience leadership
✨ What meaningful reform and solidarity should look like
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Host: Łucja Hawking
Music: Yago Cardalda