Hannan Majid
Hannan Majid is a British documentary filmmaker.
Hannan Majid
- Name
- Hannan Majid
- Birthplace
- Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- Education
- Northern Film School
- Occupation
- Documentary filmmaker
- Born
- 1979 · Dhaka.
- Nationality
- Bangladesh
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• Name — Hannan Majid • Native Name — হান্নান মাঝিদ • Birthplace — Bradford, West Yorkshire, England • Education — Northern Film School • Occupation — Documentary filmmaker • Years Active — 2005–present • Organization — Rainbow Collective
Early life
Early life
Hannan Majid's parents are originally from Dhaka, but they immigrated to Bradford, West Yorkshire (England), where Majid was born. He graduated from the Northern Film School in Leeds in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in moving images and film production.
Rainbow Collective
Rainbow Collective
In 2006, Majid founded Rainbow Collective, a documentary film production company based in London, with Richard York. The company specialises in creating documentaries highlighting human and children's rights issues. Majid has filmed, directed and produced documentaries in South Africa, Bangladesh, Iraq and the UK, and has won awards in Dubai, France and the Czech Republic. They have collaborated with TRAID (Textiles Recycling for Aid and International Development), War On Want, Amnesty International, The Consortium For Street Children, Labour Behind the Label, The Childhood Trust, Campaign Against Arms Trade, British Red Cross, Roundhouse Theatre, University of the Arts, SOAS and International Labor Rights Forum. Their films have been exhibited at film festivals, including Abu Dhabi, Cambridge, Bite The Mango, Cape Town, Durban, East End, Leeds International, and AlJazeera International Documentary. The Rainbow Collective's 30-minute documentary filmTears in the Fabric focused on one family in the aftermath of the 2013 Savar building collapse. It premiered at Regent's University London in 2014. In partnership with TRAID, "they have made a series of citizen journalist films with Cambodian garment workers" that Lucy Siegle, writing in The Guardian in 2017, considered "well worth a watch". In August 2017, they became members of DIGNItex, a platform for defending decent jobs in the garment industry.
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• Name — Rainbow Collective • Industry — Film • Founded — 2006 • Founder — * Hannan Majid • Richard York • Hq Location City — London • Hq Location Country — UK • Key People — * Hannan Majid • Richard York • Products — Documentary films
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Credit • 2006 — AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven — Director, cinematographer • Bafana — Director • 2009 — Baghdad Holiday — Director • 2010 — Voices from the Camps • The Machinists — Director, cinematographer, editor • 2012 — Not Ok Here, Not Ok Anywhere — Director, cinematographer • 2014 — Tears in the Fabric — Director, producer • Mass E Bhat — Director • 2025 — To Kill a War Machine — Director, editor
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