Sheffield-produced documentary highlights the homeless and drug-addicted children of Nepal

'Limits of Freedom: The Street Children of Kathmandu' first sprang to life in January 2017 when Blink Vivid crowdfunded to film and raise awareness of the issues.

They worked together with charities in Nepal to produce the documentary. along with promotional video content to showcase their philanthropic efforts.

Creative director Joe Gist explained: “Having visited Nepal in his younger years, our technical director Aidan Joseph was taken back by Kathmandu's begging culture and the amount of children that were living on the streets there.

"It was with this thought that the discussion began between him and myself as to how we could create something to shine a light on the issue to a western audience. With limited funding, resources and knowledge on the subject, we set out to discuss the issue with Nepalese filmmakers, charity workers and ex-street children before compiling a crowdfund campaign which would support us in achieving our goal.

“With the crowdfunding campaign raising just under £1,500 and putting us in contact with a collection of contributors willing to support the project when we arrived in Kathmandu, we recruited our sound recordist Rhys and the project was underway.”

Staying with a rehabilitation centre for ex-street children, they underwent three weeks of extensive investigation. They recorded daily conversations, filmed conversations amongst themselves along the way and transcribed interviews to ensure they captured the correct content, creating the right final piece and, fundamentally, serving the subject matter the justice it deserved.

“Upon the completion of the film the next step was to get it seen by as many eyes as possible on the festival circuit. The documentary went on to be a success around the world, won multiple awards and was recognised by the Sheffield Institute of Arts.”

To watch the video visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1s5zb-f600&feature=emb_title

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