About Us
To become a partner, host a workshop, sponsor a program, or volunteer please email info@whattookyousolong.org. To hire or work with our filmmaking team please contact alicia@whattookyousolong.org. For consulting email philippa@whattookyousolong.org.
What is What Took You So Long?
Mission – To film, educate and connect. WTYSL documents and raises awareness of unsung issues, stories and people. What we learn in the field we talk about in lectures, workshops and conferences. We draw on our extensive worldwide networks for collaboration, innovation and creative exchange.
Vision – Build film as a medium for social change and something every social business utilises effectively to send their message to the watching world. Engage, get online and make waves.
We mount expeditions to:
Discover – Traveling and living with communities, we experience first hand the issues people are facing in less well-documented regions of the world, and hear from the people themselves about the work of people and organisations they feel are making a positive difference to their lives.
Document – We document, through film, the lives, experiences and stories of those with whom we travel and stay, providing an online platform and avenue for their lives and stories to be distributed through local and international media platforms and through our sponsors.
Network – The WTYSL Foundation is a network for grassroots NGOs and conscientious people to share information, knowledge and skills, providing small NGOs access to experts in the fields of humanitarian work and sustainable development.
Inspire – Each journey we hope will inspire other young people to travel with the community in mind, and through the WTYSL Foundation be able to both have a genuinely global mindset and help raise awareness and positive change.
Work with us:
Workshops – On the road and by request we conduct screenings and Open Space workshops about field research and film making in difficult environments.
Partner – Collaboration enlarges networks and makes the most of the connections we make all over the world. We are a creative team – talk to us and see how we can work together through exchange.
Sponsorship – If you need a video for your organisation we are experienced in promotional and education films. If you simply like what we do you can help us on the way to making a difference. Again, get in touch.
Volunteer – We are global and nomadic. Send us your CV and tell us what took you so long to join the team!
Intern – The What Took You So Long Foundation relies on interns with various skills. We provide plenty of real work for you to do wherever you are in the world. The only person you’ll make tea for is yourself. Apply for an internship here.
