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Hey, I'm Joshua.

Filmmaker · journalist · scholar. I document the world and the life lived making it. Welcome to my personal corner.

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Joshua
Olawuyi

Filmmaker Journalist Scholar

M.A. Journalism student at UC Berkeley on a Mastercard Foundation Scholarship. I make documentary films, report on communities, and think a lot about what it means to carry a camera across borders.

6+
Countries
4
Films
3
Festival selections
2026
M.A. expected
Timeline
A life in posts
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Places
Life mapped
Berkeley Oakland Senegal Ibadan Lagos Abuja Click a location to explore
Lagos, Nigeria2018 — 2024
Timeline
2 entries
Gallery
1 gallery
Videos
2 films
Lagos Ibadan Abuja Senegal Berkeley Oakland Fremont
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Right now

Finishing a documentary. Building a newsletter. Figuring it all out in Berkeley.

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Currently working on
Documentary production + Climate Currents newsletter
Finishing a documentary in post-production while building Climate Currents — a Bay Area newsletter on sea-level rise, environmental justice, and community adaptation.
Based in
Berkeley, California
M.A. Journalism, UC Berkeley
Working on
Documentary in post-production
+ Climate Currents newsletter
Reading
Ways of Seeing — Berger
Rewatching Chantal Akerman

Active work

  • Documentary — editing and sound design phase
  • Climate Currents — writing bi-weekly, growing subscribers
  • M.A. coursework, UC Berkeley
  • Visual experiments — still photography + short video

On my mind

  • Place and memory in documentary work
  • How community journalism survives the algorithm
  • What it means to return home as a filmmaker
  • Climate storytelling beyond data and numbers
Notes
Reflections & thoughts
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