Digging Deeper – Documentary for Lloyd’s Register Foundation (2025)

Digging Deeper: Global Experiences of Workplace Violence and Harassment

Credits: Producer/ Director | Editor

“Digging Deeper” is an investigative documentary that explores how people around the world experience violence and harassment in the workplace — physical, psychological, or sexual — and the complex barriers that stop them from speaking out. The film is anchored in the data from the 2021 World Risk Poll, which found that 1 in 5 people globally report having experienced violence and harassment at work in their lifetime.

Approach & Structure

• We travelled to regions with contrasting reported levels of workplace violence and harassment and asked why those differences exist: the film looks at both high-reporting countries (for example Australia, where almost half of respondents reported an experience) and very low-reporting countries (for example Georgia, under 4%) and examines factors like cultural norms, stigma, awareness and legal/regulatory frameworks.
• The narrative is built around a few key individuals and organisations — workers, trade unions, inspectors, policy-makers — to bring out lived experience and systemic responses (or lack thereof).
• The tone is investigative but empathetic: not sensational, but deeply human. It aims to increase understanding and provoke reflection and change, rather than deliver a simple “problem/solution” message.
• Visually, the film uses location interviews, observational footage, data graphics (drawing on the World Risk Poll findings) and on-screen annotation to maintain a clean, modern documentary aesthetic that aligns with adult-focused mature themes (which you appreciate).