James Bluemel is a television documentary
filmmaker
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.
Career
The first programme he directed was the three-part documentary ''The Romanians are Coming'', screened on
Channel 4
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between 17 February
and 3 March 2015.
Bluemel visited
Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...
, a town in north
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
and was shocked to see the living conditions of the
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
community there. The documentary focuses on Sandhu, a member of this community, who decides to come to the
United Kingdom
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. The documentary also follows Mihaila a middle-aged nurse, who comes from more comfortable circumstances in
Constantia on the
Black Sea
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coast. Other people featured are Stefan, who works as a
human statue
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whilst raising money for his daughter's operation and Adi, who sleeps rough so he can send more money back to his wife in Romania.
In 2016 his three-part documentary ''
Exodus: Our Journey to Europe'' was aired. For directing this Bluemel won the
2017 British Academy Television Craft Award for best factual programme. At the award ceremony Bluemel broke with convention to allow
Hassan Akkad - one of the refugees featured in the programme - to participate in the acceptance speech.
In July 2020, the
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and its consequences for the Iraqi population. While the documentary was criticized by some for incomplete representation of the Iraqi experience throughout the initial conflict and its aftermath,
the series was widely acclaimed in the British press, and won the award for best documentary at the
*''Pompeii... Live!'' (2006)
*''Ballad of AJ Weberman'' (2006)
*''The 9/11 Faker'' - Episode of ''
'' (2008)
*''Make Me an MP'' (2009)
*''The Hospital'' (2010)
*''Skint'' (2013)
*''The Romanians Are Coming'' (2015)
*''Exodus: Our Journey to Europe'' (2016)
*''Exodus: Our Journey Continues'' (2017)
*''The Foreign Doctors Are Coming'' (2018)
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