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
Documenting the Future: Sheila Hayman on AI, Migration & the Power of Storytelling
In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Sheila Hayman, a BAFTA and BAFTA Fulbright-winning documentary filmmaker whose work explores the shifting borders between technology, humanity, and storytelling.
Sheila reflects on her path into filmmaking and how her curiosity about the human condition, from artificial intelligence to displacement and migration, shapes her approach to crafting intimate, accessible documentaries. She shares her experience translating complex scientific ideas for wider audiences and how working closely with refugees and migrants deepened her belief in art as a tool for connection, dignity, and healing.
Together, they explore:
✨ Filmmaking as a bridge between science, society, and public understanding
✨ Making cutting-edge concepts, like AI and robotics, human, emotional, and relatable
✨ The role of documentary in amplifying refugee and migrant voices
✨ How personal history and identity shape artistic and political consciousness
✨ Art as a catalyst for empathy in a rapidly technologising world
✨ Sheila’s hopes for future storytelling that challenges apathy and nurtures human connection
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Host: Łucja Hawking
Music: Yago Cardalda