Erika is a Finnish Hairdresser living in London

While cutting a client’s hair, Erika tells us about living in Elephant & Castle and loving the community spirit of the area, she wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. With her husband from Sierra Leone, she raises her children to be conscious of their dual West African and Finnish heritage.

This film is part of the Goodbye Europe season.

This film is part of 1000 Londoners, a ten-year digital project which aims to create a digital portrait of a city through 1000 of the people who identify themselves with it. The profile contains a 3 minute film that gives an insight into the life of the Londoner, as well as their personal photos of London and some answers to crucial questions about their views on London life. Over the course of the project we aim to reveal as many facets of the capital as possible, seeing city life from 1000 points of view.

A Chocolate Films Production

This film was produced by Londons’ favourite video production company - the South London based film production company and social enterprise, Chocolate Films.