The Human Frame

Send us Fan Mail In this Human Rights Day special of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Maddy Crowther , co–executive director of Waging Peace and long-time human rights advocate dedicated to documenting atrocities and amplifying the voices of Sudanese communities. Maddy shares the story behind one of the organisation’s most impactful initiatives, the Sudan Children’s Drawings Project , which...

Send us Fan Mail In this urgent and deeply moving episode of The Human Frame , Łucja speaks with Nuria Zyden , an Uyghur activist using her voice to confront an ongoing Uyghur genocide. Nuria shares her personal journey of growing up in China as an Uyghur woman, navigating systemic discrimination, cultural erasure, and the ever-present fear imposed by the Chinese state. After relocating to Ireland...

Send us Fan Mail In this thoughtful and energising episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Melanie Spencer, writer, director, creative coach, and long-time architect of stories, to explore the deep connections between creativity, identity, and the science of storytelling. Melanie reflects on her journey through acting, writing, directing, and now creative coaching, sharing how years of n...

Send us Fan Mail In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Sheila Hayman, a BAFTA and BAFTA Fulbright-winning documentary filmmaker whose work explores the shifting borders between technology, humanity, and storytelling. Sheila reflects on her path into filmmaking and how her curiosity about the human condition, from artificial intelligence to displacement and migr...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Chiara Fabbro, an Italian documentary photographer whose work illuminates the lived realities of migration, displacement, and human rights abuses across the globe. Chiara shares her journey into documentary photography, reflecting on the ethical foundations of her practice, from building trust with individuals livi...

Send us Fan Mail In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Fay Beck , a filmmaker, director, and founder of Beck Academy of Dramatic Art and Aberrant Gene Films, and acting coach whose work pushes against the boundaries of performance, embodiment, and artistic resistance. Fay reflects on her unexpected journey from science into filmmaking and how this nonlinear pa...

Send us Fan Mail In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Zuza Kamińska , a Polish artist, writer, and activist whose work pushes against societal norms and confronts the political policing of bodies, identity, and autonomy in modern Poland. Zuza reflects on her creative journey, from studying art and activism to developing a distinctive visual and conceptual lan...

Send us Fan Mail In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Marta , a Portuguese-based writer, performer, actor and theatre-maker whose work explores the intersections of body, migration, identity, and resistance. Marta reflects on her creative journey, from studying journalism and literature to building a career in theatre, and how her personal experience as a mig...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Human Frame , Łucja chats with Crystal Marshall, actor, advocate, and ambassador for Changing Faces UK , to explore her journey through osteosarcoma, facial difference, and her work as an actor. Crystal shares her lived experience growing up visibly different, navigating bullying, public perception, and the emotional complexities that come with livi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Human Frame , Łucja sits down with Martina Avogadri, actor, teacher, and founder of The Truthful Actor acting course , for a deep dive into the philosophy and emotional rigour behind her work in I XXXX My Sex Doll , one of the most provocative and psychologically roles. Martina opens up about the process of becoming a sex doll on screen: the physical stillne...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Human Frame , Łucja speaks with Mita , a human rights advocate, consultant, and documentary producer whose work is shaped profoundly by her own lived experience. Mita shares their personal journey of navigating bureaucracy in a country that too often treats asylum seekers with suspicion rather than humanity. Drawing on their frontline work and creative proje...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Human Frame , Łucja speaks with Willow Stone, a drag performer, model, trans woman, and powerful advocate for trans rights, about the transformative force of performance and the politics of visibility in today’s climate. Willow shares her journey into drag, how performance helped her discover and embody her womanhood, and why creativity became a site of both...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Łucja sits down with Lois Tallulah, actress, director, and founder of Shorties , a platform dedicated to elevating female and non-binary filmmakers. Lois shares her unexpected path into the creative industries, from initially resisting acting to discovering her identity as a Cockney performer and eventually carving out her own place behind the camera. Together, th...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful conversation, Łucja speaks with Homira May, a Hazara rights activist, about the ongoing persecution of Hazaras in Afghanistan and the escalating system of gender apartheid under Taliban rule. Homira shares her personal journey from Afghanistan to the UK, the emotional and political realities of being a Hazara woman in exile, and why speaking out is both a responsi...

Send us Fan Mail In this urgent and eye-opening episode, Łucja speaks with Holly Renaut, actress, voice and dialect coach, writer and director, to explore how AI is reshaping the acting industry. Together, they dive into the rise of deepfakes, voice cloning, and AI-generated performance , asking what it means for actors when their face, voice, or identity can be replicated without consent. Holly r...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Human Frame , Łucja speaks with Olga Borisova , a core member of Pussy Riot , about her extraordinary journey from working inside the Russian police force to becoming an internationally recognised activist, artist, and dissident. Olga opens up about the moment she realised she could no longer serve the state machinery she disagreed with, and how tha...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Human Frame Podcast. The Human Frame is where activism and art meet, a space for honest, searching conversations with people using creativity to challenge systems of power and reimagine justice. Hosted by Łucja Hawking , a human rights campaigner, actor, and writer. This series, created for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence , features voices like...