Milan. Giuliano Pisapia, lawyer and politician and the man who humiliated Berlusconi. Currently the Mayor of Milan. We were very fortunate to be able to interview him.

Rome. Laura Boldrini, UNHCR spokesperson, told us that Italy needs to have a much more structured approach to immigration rather than the “ad hoc” and “emergency” approach it currently has.

Filming in Wroclaw, Poland with Cedar Lewisohn about art and public space. Cedar’s new book “Abstract Graffiti” provides the theme of a forthcoming short film.

Mrs Subra looking at her husband in desperation. He faces deportation by the British Government for being a British Overseas Citizen – he is one of the people who participated in  “The Queen’s Chinese” documentary.”

New York. Marc and Sara Schiller of the Wooster Collective spoke to us about ideas around public space. Visit the Wooster Collective site here.

Sowat of the DMV crew. We were in Brest, France, to film the creation of a fantastic mural by Da Mental Vaporz. This is part of an initiative taken by artists and others in conjunction with the Brest municipal authority.  A short film is planned. Visit the Crimes of Minds site. Thank you to Liliwenn [...]

Hendy is an ex-Malaysian British Overseas Citizen. His passport gives him no right to live or work in the UK. He features in our forthcoming documentary “The Queen’s Chinese.”

Milan. We talked to Mario about his book, Il partito dell’amore  - a book which lays bare the fanatical politics concerning immigration in Italy!  Mario works for Ilfattoquotidiano.it

Hendy is originally from Malaysia. After arriving in Britain he applied for a British Overseas Citizenship as he was entitled to such a status and passport. He was told that this would permit him to live inthe UK. It turns out that this passport, which looks almost identical to a normal British passport, gives Hendy [...]

A month after her British Citizenship ceremony, Punita learns that her father has been asked to leave the UK. He had already been deported once for the crime of being a British Overseas Citizen. Her sister is already banned for 10 years. Their story is told in our documentary “The Queen’s Chinese.”

In April of 2011, Simon Hughes, deputy leader of the LibDems, hoped that his party’s coalition partner would find a group solution to the refractory British Overseas Citizen’s problem. By the autumn of 2011, he changed his mind. Now it appears the government are seeking a case by case deportation scenario. See our document site [...]

Our short film about the painting of a destitute mother and child and our unexpected find behind the facade of the painting was in the official selection of the Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival. Starring Ben Slow, Joseph Deane and Joseph Loughborough. Check it out here: http://vimeo.com/19741865

Our short film ( 2 min 33 seconds) about Berlusconi premiered in Melbourne, Australia.  It was shot in Milan with the collaboration of M3. Check it out here http://vandal.sixoranges.net

Thanks to the dynamic duo for livening up our work environment. Ben and Joseph’s efforts were added to later by Dscreet and Kid Acne. So equal thanks to them.

New York. Having filmed Mr Enuga Reddy, former UN Assistant Secretary General, in South Africa in 2010, we continued our interviews with him in New York in November 2011.

Nicola Grigion of Melting Pot talks to us about the difficulties faced by immigrants in Italy. Visit Melting Pot site here.

Wroclaw. Street artist Zbiok talks art in Wroclaw.

Six Oranges Team: Tabby is a very talented artist and she worked enthusiastically for “The Queen’s Chinese” and “Public Space” projects.  Here she is interviewing Liliwenn in Brest, France. Check out her blog at http://tabbybooth.blogspot.com/ In the background is a stencil by Fin Dac.

Six Oranges Team: Sharon, a first class Film school graduate,  was our first production assistant and pushed forward a number of projects – including “The Queen’s Chinese” and “A Peculiar European Journey.” This is a shot of her outside the Cavell Street office of London Citizens where we filmed some very sad stories…

Six Oranges Team: Angelica, a soon to be Film graduate,  has joined Six Oranges to help complete “A Peculiar European Journey.” Fluent in multiple languages and possessing an extensive contact list, she has made substantial progress on the project already!