Malgorzata "Maggie"
Padlewska
Independent One-Woman-Crew
Documentarian
MY LIFE'S JOURNEY TO DOCUMENT
(THE STORY BEHIND THE STORIES)
HUMANITY
ABOUT
In 2009, I set off on a solo journey. I left the newsroom where I was employed as a reporter and newscast producer, and embarked on a mission - alone with my most basic gear, to document and share the stories of Indigenous communities and people who were ignored and neglected by the media, and lacked the resources to be heard globally...
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On a shoestring budget I travelled, shot and produced as much as I could - because I knew that the stories and voices of the people I reached needed to be amplified, heard and included in our global dialogue...
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"My independent journey has revealed to me the most breathtaking beauty, cultural diversity and kindness of Humanity. But it also revealed a grim and stark human trajectory...one that is drastically shifting "progressive" societies away from our harmonious co-existence with each other and the Natural World..."
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["Notes From a Lone Messenger's Journal" - MP 2018]