Liz Smith

Liz is an award-winning British independent investigative filmmaker. Her work explores the forces driving populism and democratic backsliding, and the systems of power that enable them. Her films are shaped by years of research into these issues, but she believes analysis alone is not enough. By spending extended time with communities on the frontline of political and social change, she develops a deeper understanding of the lived realities behind these movements, while also scrutinising the institutions and individuals who shape them. Working within the observational documentary discipline, her films seek to humanise rather than judge, while holding those in power to account.