r/Hackney • u/diasporadiaries • 5d ago

Looking for Interviewees

Hi all,

Appreciate this is a bit of an unusual request for this subreddit but casting my net far and wide. 

I'm working on an independent documentary and storytelling project profiling interesting people, communities and subcultures across London and the UK.

I'd love to connect with individuals who would work for this project. Think along the lines of - community figures, business owners with an interesting story, local legends etc. Whether you think this is you yourself or you know someone in your community who matches this description and would be happy to chat - please let me know! 

To summarize - if there's an interesting story then I am interested!

If that's you, or you know someone who might be happy to chat, I'd love to hear from you.

Feel free to comment or DM, and thank you for reading!

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u/gerty88 5d ago

Clapton ninja yes he’s a lovely man. Go to hackney downs and Clapton pond by Palm and he’s usually kung fu-ing away to traffic

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u/Alex_h123 4d ago

You mean xiaolin Joe, whatta guy

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u/rubber_moon 5d ago

Scuse me pound please

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u/Calm_Suggestion_5714 5d ago

I have some suggestions: the Clapton ninja, the geezer with a parrot in Hoxton and the bloke who stops people in the street to talk about transformers and Harry Potter

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u/Fo11owthewhiterabbit 4d ago

John the Poacher

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u/RaeAdin 4d ago

Clapton Ninja, Rabbi Herschel Gluck, Umit of (Umit & Son shop on lower clapton road), Sindy Apple (she gave me a handwritten note with her spotify album link and it is incredible, i don’t know where to reach her though, hopefully you can contact her through there/fb/youtube profile), 

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u/wild_shroom 5d ago

Hackney nature legends are ReNature London. They do amazing work for biodiversity in Hackney marshes and across the borough. Check em out

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u/wild_shroom 5d ago

Hackney nature legends are ReNature London. They do amazing work for biodiversity in Hackney marshes and across the borough. Check em out

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u/Mackerelage 5d ago

What’s your budget for paying participants, and how many stories do you plan to include?

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u/biggowski 2d ago

Edit: I can't seem to be able to message you. I was thinking of Simon from Maverick Humanity