I feel like you don't know what will happen after finishing school. From this project I started thinking “I wanna do even more than law” or something... “I want to help the community”.
Filmmaking: local women make films for an international audience
A longstanding collaboration between local girls’ schools and older women from Tower Hamlets. Participants explore issues through poetry, movement and visual arts, then create mini-documentaries.
Her Story, Our Inspiration
Older and younger women (students from Mulberry School for Girls, Connaught School for Girls) came together to share stories, insights and reflections on the challenges women face – and overcome – across generations. Mary Wollstonecraft, Greta Thunberg and a good spread of mothers and grandmothers provide inspiration.
Her Story, Our Inspiration won Best Intergenerational Project with Under 20s at the national Age Friendly Awards 2025.
Voices Across Time
Working once again with our artists Chuck, Laila, Charlene and Sue, a new cohort of participants explore the histories of local East End heroines in a mini-documentary.
Voices Across Time uses oral history and digital storytelling techniques to bridge the gap between generations, allowing younger and older women to amplify voices that often go unheard.
The film shows an exchange of talismanic items from dresses and teddies to prayer-books and tasbihs to begin the intergenerational conversation; followed by studies of inspiring local heroines including Annie Besant, Josie Woods and Louisa Martindale.
You will be able to watch Voices Across Time after its local premiere screening in mid March.
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Amazing seeing how young people are today - how confident the girls were - it made me feel really happy. There are not a lot of opportunities for intergenerational things, that was one of the main reasons I joined - we need more otherwise it's an “us” and “them” thing and we don't understand each other.
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This has truly been an amazing experience—one that has helped develop the students in so many meaningful ways.
Inspiring thought-leadership via filmmaking projects
Our film collaborations are regularly screened at the annual conferences for Global Girl Leading, the changemaking initiative set up after a visit from former First Lady Michelle Obama to Mulberry School for Girls.
Sharing our work with hundreds of international delegates – in person and online – means Magic Me’s philosophy and process can be explored all round the world.
Our films are developed and supported through project partnership and Trusts & Foundation funding. Learn more about how to support our work here.