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Jewish Stereotypes & British Kinks

Over the past month I've had the pleasure of being filmed and interviewed for two documentaries.

The first was for web feature production company, Buttergun TV. The film will be aiming to break stereotypes about Jewish people as part of a wider anti-bullying movement. I was particularly honoured to star in this documentary as someone having to cope with living with the rising antisemitism and virulent anti-Israel attitudes in the UK.


Director Joshua Hine and producer Joshua Fineman (double-trouble Joshes!) want the film to focus on personal qualities other than 'Jewishness', not to detract from the importance of Jewish identity, but to dissolve stigma. Too often when people discover that I'm Jewish, I'm met with statements such as: 'But you don't look Jewish!' 'But you're so hard-working!' 'You're not rich, though!' or even - wait for it - 'I don't believe you!'

Queue me wanting to scream.

As much as I love rocking people's worlds, it's incredibly wearying to have to constantly be an educator to the ignorant who have fallen prey to a type of racism as ancient and as toxic as antisemitism. 

Cinematographer Nick Morris.


We started the day filming in my home, where director Josh Hine interviewed me about my upbringing, what brought me to the UK, my background as an artist, and my current experiences as a registered nurse.

Nick Moris and Josh Hine.

Later on we shot around London's East End. It was a gorgeous day, the guys were all sensitive and loads of fun to be around. 

Film still by Nick Morris.

The second documentary for which I was filmed is a Channel 4 special called Kinky Britain, which will examine the top 10 sexual fetishes in the UK. What comes in as number 6? Nurses. What a shocker. Channel 4 wanted to feature me to hear my thoughts and feelings about being fetishised. I won't say too much here because it'll be much more fun for you all to watch the programme, but I certainly had a lot to say as a feminist, a serious professional, and as someone who thinks sex should be celebrated. I also talked about my experiences with creeps and how I react when people seem a little too fixated on my uniform. Kinky Britain should be airing at the end of October. I want to know what the other nine are!

Links:

Buttergun TV
Nick Morris

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