The Human Frame
My work, as an actor and human rights campaigner, sits at the crossroads of human rights and the arts, exploring how creativity can reveal the deeper truths of what it means to be human. Through The Human Frame, I bring together artists, activists, and thinkers to explore how performance can become a form of resistance, empathy, and change.
Episodes
28 episodes
Łucja Returns For Season 2
Welcome to Season Two of The Human Frame with me, Łucja Hawking.In this season introduction, I share what's to come as we step into a new collection of conversations exploring the intersection of human rights and creativity. Fro...
Documenting Ukraine's Frontline: Alisa Kovalenko on War, Sexual Violence and Survival
Content warning: This episode includes discussions of war, violence, sexual violence, rape, trauma, and the experiences of survivors of conflict.Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko
Honor Roche: Bridgerton, Strictly Come Dancing and the Power of Dance
Honor Roche is an actor, dancer and performer whose work explores the connection between movement, emotion and storytelling. With a background in dance and performance, Honor has built a care...
The Art of Listening: Yago Cardalda on Music, Production and Discipline
Music is more than sound: it is memory, emotion, identity and storytelling.In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sit down with Yago Cardalda, music producer, musical director and creative collaborator, to explore the world b...
Ania Drewniok: Songs of Silesia - Heritage, Identity and Resistance
Ania Drewniok is a singer and artist whose work is deeply connected to heritage, identity and the power of music to preserve stories. Rooted in her Silesian heritage, Ania draws inspiration from folk traditions and cultural memory, exploring ho...
Phoebe Cleghorn: Deepfakes, Violence Against Women and the Power of Storytelling
Phoebe Cleghorn is a filmmaker, campaigner, and advocate working at the intersection of storytelling, justice, and violence against women and girls. Through her work, she explores how film can challenge harmful narratives, amplify survivors' vo...
Chloe-Marie Gallagher: Living with FND and Turning Advocacy into Action
Content note: This episode includes discussions of trauma and lived experiences that some listeners may find sensitive.Chloe-Marie Gallagher is a content creator, influe...
Taz: Songwriting, Storytelling and the Business of Being an Artist
Taz is an independent artist and songwriter whose work explores the intersection of creativity and artistic identity. Alongside writing and performing her own music, she is passionate about the realities of building a sustainable career in toda...
Conversations in Calais: Mathilda Della Torre on Refugee Activism from Calais to Ben & Jerry’s Activism
Mathilda Della Torre is a human rights advocate and campaigner whose work explores migration, displacement and the power of storytelling to challenge narratives. Through her work with Creating Conversations from Calais, she has helped create sp...
Tristan Alexander: Inside the Mind of Evil Characters
Tristan Alexander is an actor and podcaster passionate about exploring the psychology behind compelling performances. Alongside his work on screen and stage, he has developed a Notion platform designed to support actors in their craft, providin...
Victoria Bellin: From Feminism to Sketchbook and London Fashion Week
Victoria Bellin is a fashion designer whose work celebrates craftsmanship, individuality and the transformative power of fashion. Through her collections, she explores how clothing can become a form of self-expression, empowering people to embr...
Welcome to the Human Frame Podcast
Welcome to the Human Frame Podcast. The Human Frame is where activism and art meet, a space for honest, searching conversations with people using creativity to challenge systems of power and reimagine justice.Hosted by
Escaping the System: Olga Borisova’s Journey from Russian Police to Pussy Riot Rebel
In this powerful episode of The Human Frame, Łucja speaks with Olga Borisova, a core member of Pussy Riot, about her extraordinary journey from working inside the Russian police force to becoming an internationally recogn...
Deepfake Divas: Holly Renaut on AI, Acting, Voice Work and the Battle for Digital Consent
In this urgent and eye-opening episode, Łucja speaks with Holly Renaut, actress, voice and dialect coach, writer and director, to explore how AI is reshaping the acting industry.Together, they dive into the rise of deepfakes, v...
Under Taliban Rule: Homira May on Hazara Survival, Gender Apartheid and Global Accountability
In this powerful conversation, Łucja speaks with Homira May, a Hazara rights activist, about the ongoing persecution of Hazaras in Afghanistan and the escalating system of gender apartheid under Taliban rule.Homira shares her pers...
Acting, Activism & Access: Lois Tallulah on Creating Space for Female & Non-Binary Filmmakers
In this episode, Łucja sits down with Lois Tallulah, actress, director, and founder of Shorties, a platform dedicated to elevating female and non-binary filmmakers. Lois shares her unexpected path into the creative industries, fro...
Beyond the Spotlight: Willow Stone on Drag, Womanhood & Rising Above Hostility
In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja speaks with Willow Stone, a drag performer, model, trans woman, and powerful advocate for trans rights, about the transformative force of performance and the politics of visibility in to...
Beyond the Headlines: Mita on Advocacy, Documentaries and the Reality of Seeking Asylum in the UK
In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja speaks with Mita, a human rights advocate, consultant, and documentary producer whose work is shaped profoundly by her own lived experience.Mita shares their personal journey of n...
The Truthful Actor: Martina Avogadri on I XXXX My Sex Doll & Radical Storytelling
In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Martina Avogadri, actor, teacher, and founder of
Facing Forward: Crystal Marshall on Facial Difference, Acting & Rewriting Beauty Standards
In this powerful episode of The Human Frame, Łucja chats with Crystal Marshall, actor, advocate, and ambassador for Changing Faces UK, to explore her journey through osteo...
My Body Is Not Your Country: Marta Bonito on Migration, Identity & the Stage
In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Marta, a Portuguese-based writer, performer, actor and theatre-maker whose work explores the intersections of body, migration, identity, and resistance.<...
Drawing the Line: Zuza Kamińska on Art and Abortion Rights in Poland
In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Zuza Kamińska, a Polish artist, writer, and activist whose work pushes against societal norms and confronts the political policing of bodies, identity, a...
Directing Disruption: Fay Beck on I XXXX My Sex Doll, the Politics of Art and Making Films That Bite
In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Fay Beck, a filmmaker, director, and founder of Beck Academy of Dramatic Art and Aberrant Gene Films, and acting coach whose work pushes against the boun...
Through the Lens of Migration: Chiara Fabbro on Documentary Photography, Consent and Human Rights
In this powerful episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Chiara Fabbro, an Italian documentary photographer whose work illuminates the lived realities of migration, displacement, and human rights abuses across the globe.
Documenting the Future: Sheila Hayman on AI, Migration & the Power of Storytelling
In this thought-provoking episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Sheila Hayman, a BAFTA and BAFTA Fulbright-winning documentary filmmaker whose work explores the shifting borders between technology, humanity, and storytelling.S...
