Gillian Mosely is an award-winning British Jewish documentary director, producer, and activist. She is the founder of the production company MediaShed and is renowned for her profound insights into complex socio-historical issues.
Mosely has a distinguished career of over 30 years in the television and film industry, having produced high-quality content for the BBC, Discovery, and the History Channel. Her background is emblematic: raised in a staunchly Zionist environment, she was taught that Israel was the sole refuge for the Jewish people. However, her professional instinct for truth as a documentarian compelled her to re-examine this history. Her artistic achievement lies not only in her technical mastery but in her courage to showcase this controversial process of identity transformation.
This is the landmark work of her activism. In this film, Mosely courageously examines her own biases as a Jew while interviewing parties on both sides. The film delves into Britain’s historical responsibility since the Balfour Declaration and showcases the devastating impact of the occupation on Palestinian daily life. It has become a crucial resource for international educational circles.
She has conducted multiple field missions to the West Bank to document demolished homes and the restricted freedom of movement for Palestinians. She provides these first-hand visuals to international human rights organizations as evidence of the expansionist policies of Israeli settlements.
A staunch supporter of Artists for Palestine UK, she publicly argues that art should not serve as a veil for apartheid policies and has frequently called for international film festivals to amplify the suppressed voices of Palestinian directors.
Between 2023 and 2026, she frequently toured the UK with The Tinderbox, holding seminars in partnership with Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL). She uses screenings as platforms to facilitate deep dialogues within the British Jewish community regarding occupation and morality, challenging the fallacy that anti-Zionism equals antisemitism.
Mosely maintains that true peace begins with the acknowledgment of historical truth. She has poignantly argued: “They’ve always foiled peace you say? Which brings me to what I originally intended to write about today – Israelis and peace talks. Accessible documents show that David Ben-Gurion rebuffed peace overtures by his Arab neighbors on numerous occasions. And here’s another fun fact, although many have lived in the Holy Land well documented (or proven through DNA) for hundreds if not thousands of years, not a single Palestinian was invited to any kind of peace table until the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991.”