Select video, photo and written work produced as Oxfam Australia’s Senior Content Producer (2016-2022)
Cyclone Season
The Pacific cyclone season runs from November until May. Even small storms can quickly build into tropical cyclones, bringing with them winds in excess of 200km/hr, drenching rain and waves over four metres. Disaster preparedness can ensure communities are safer and more resilient to the cyclone season, limiting potential loss and damage. Simulation drills are a key tool for government, NGOs and most importantly communities to understand and coordinate their roles in case a disaster strikes. This film takes the simulation to all proving the power of inclusive community-led storytelling in the development sector.
Director/DOP: Manar Levo
Producer: Keith Parsons and Ernest Ta’asi
Timor-Leste
Content production trip covering urban flood recovery, agricultural entrepreneurship and student activism
Bequests Campaign Films
Acquisition campaign creative for Oxfam Australia’s gift in wills program.
Director/Producer/Editor: Keith Parsons
DOP: Hamish Pattison
'Ngootyoong Gunditj Ngootyoong Mara' means 'Healthy Country, Healthy People' and expresses the vision that the Gunditjmara Traditional Owners have for the future of their country in south-west Victoria.
A short film profiling the collaboration between Oxfam, Monash University and Gunditj Mirring Aboriginal Corporation testing a solar-powered micro desalination unit at Budj Bim cultural landscape.
Director/Photo/Video/Editor
Micro-Desalination Pilot
In September 2018, a deadly combination of earthquake and tsunami rocked Sulawesi, Indonesia. The double disaster claimed many lives and affected more than 2 million people. Aina, Azim and Tombeng are three of these people. Here they share their experiences of the disaster and the long road back.
Director: Kate Bensen
Editor: Keith Parsons
Field Production: Nadine Gabrielle
Survivors of Sulawesi
Trailwalker Event Photography
Over the past decade, Oxfam's Straight Talk program has brought together more than 700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from all over Australia to share experiences and gain the skills, tools and confidence to engage with politicians and drive change in their communities.
Filmed by Mika Tran and Keith Parsons.
Editing by Keith Parsons.
Straight Talk
Checked in with Oxfam Straight Talk alumni at Cummergunja on the border between New South Wales and Victoria, involving in-depth interviews and photos with Aunty May, Simone, Aunty Greta and Aunty Hilda who attended the Straight Talk National Summit.
