Romany
Lisa Smith is Romany Traveller and a film-maker. After growing up watching Travellers depicted as fortune tellers and thieves, Lisa is committed to changing this perception.
The Romany Traveller community has often been sidelined in mainstream society. Romany women have been cast in the role of mothers without ambition or power of their own, reduced to play fortune tellers or thieves on screen - but this is not the truth.
Lisa Smith - a modern Romany woman - is a Welsh film-maker with her own production company. Straying away from a traditional lifestyle of young motherhood, Lisa is passionate about celebrating the depth, colour and beauty of Romany traditions and life through the power of film.
Following her Welsh roots back to Carmarthenshire, Lisa speaks with her family about their shared culture and upbringing, which drive her to make thoughtful films that explore Romany culture.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Anna Shepherd |
Producer | Lisa Smith |
Executive Producer | Gareth Rees Rowlands |
Production Manager | Anna Arrieta |
Writer | Lisa Smith |
Broadcast
- Friday 23:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Wales HD & Wales only