[Visual: Black screen.] [Audio: A woman sings a traditional Somali song.] "Ga gaceylka qalad kiyo qosara ha did" "Qasara ha u diidin" "Qosal beenta u jarin" [Visual: View of the roof of a canopy, blowing gently in the wind with the sunlight shining through.] [Audio: String instrument plucks lightly and singing over chatter.] [Visual: Hands of a woman washing potatoes in a small metal bowl, then draining the liquid. Hand of a woman, sprinkling pepper on a plate of cooked fish. Yams sit sizzling on the grill of a traditional barbecue. The coals smoke as a skewer pokes at them.] [Audio: Soft music with string instrument plucked.] WOMAN: Nature is right at my doorstep where I'm from. [Visual: Barbecue coals are turned and yams removed.] WOMAN: My father he would take us into the cane field. And I saw it, you know, and I said, "Ah..." And he would dig out the cane from underneath the bottom. [Visual: Woman barbecuing under the canopy.] WOMAN: And then he would beat them and juice them, and fill up the bucket and would take them back home. I remember those happy times. WOMAN 1: Alright? WOMAN 2: Yeah. WOMAN 1: How was Ramadan? WOMAN 2: Good. Have you seen the vinegar? [Audio: Chatter over soft music.] WOMAN: I think of back home, the whole village coming together... [Visual: Women chatting and smiling.] WOMAN: ...the elderly ones telling us stories and there's this bonfire. [Visual: Women sit around the bonfire.] WOMAN: In Southern Africa, we don't have yam, we use cassava. So they'll peel it and then they'll, the same way she's... the method that you've described, but they use cassava instead. WOMAN: It is similar in Nigeria too. WOMAN: For everybody, once you're connecting with nature, I think there's a pathway to then thinking about nature that I've connected with in the past. Like with the banana, the plantain, the yam, the fish. The feeling that often comes up is back home. [Visual: A man, Rich Sylvester, sits with the women, smiling.] [Audio: Music builds.] [Visual: Title on screen reads: Our World Heritage.] RICH: Our world heritage. But if you look at Greenwich's world heritage, I don't think you'll find much Nigeria, Trinidad, Zambia in Greenwich at the moment. It's not visible. So, what you're doing... The project is exploring and sharing the heritage of a very diverse group of women from maybe ten different countries. So, what you're doing, what we will be doing on this walk is bringing voices, the sounds, the stories of the world... The work we've done has been to spend time to explore the heritage of each woman and then sharing it through a short story walk in the World Heritage landscape of Greenwich. Hospital, Palace, Museum... that is our stage, or your stage. We'll find a place... [Visual: Camera fades from Rich talking in the focus group, to a view of a historic building.] [Audio: Soft, ambient music.] [Visual: Photos of cultural objects from the museum. Photo of the group looking down towards a map which is painted onto the floor.] RICH: We've been meeting every Tuesday for six, seven months. Bit by bit, people have discovered what aspects of their heritage they would like to share. There are some personal stories, and then there are more historic, researched stories. WOMAN: Cutty Sark was specially built for a Chinese tea business trip. I'm talking about my dad as well. He is employed by the British Army. So when he was like 16 years old, he served almost most of his life working for the British people. The story of my journey. When I was in Africa, my husband said he loved me. That was the last word I heard from him before our car ran into a truck and crashed. [Audio: Fire crackling.] WOMAN: My husband's people chased me away and said I'm a witch, that my husband died, he wasn't supposed to die. I took all my three children. I was from one place to another. I found myself in the United Kingdom. It took me 20 years to get my stay in this country. [Visual: Patterned fabric hangs from a rope.] WOMAN: Do you remember how we were saying that we would like even one of them, somebody, especially in a position of authority, to come and be in rooms like this. You know, it's hard to trust them, but we need them to be in rooms like this because it adds, because all they see is numbers. So it's like they have no emotion. They don't care. You know, they look at your paperwork half of them don't even read the stuff that we send them, the stuff that the lawyers, they just say, "No, no, no, no, no." But to every number, there is a story. Many, many stories, thousands and thousands and thousands of stories. People don't just leave their homes back home just to come here and say, "Oh, I just want to get benefits." No, that's not the truth. [Visual: Women of various ages and backgrounds sing together in a mirrored hall, clapping and moving rhythmically to the music.] [Audio: Community singing over rhythmic drumming.] "Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos" "Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos" "Siyahamba, siyahamba, Siyahamba ekukhanyeni kwenkos" [Audio: Electric guitar accompanies inspiring music.] [Visual: Hands drumming on a small drum. The group members smile and clap their hands. The group happily walk together outside of a historic building in the sunlight. Rich points to landmarks on the site. The group observes a canon as a woman stands in front with a microphone. Images display: people sitting around a table; a portrait of Queen Nanny of the Maroons, and an ink painting of men in Nigeria loading barrels of palm oil into boats. Close-up of a postage stamp commemorating Sir Walter Raleigh's ‘discovery’ of the tar lakes in Trinidad & Tobago. A woman speaks in front of the sculpture “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle” by Yinka Shonibare.] WOMAN: My great grandfather was one of the major persons that deal with slaves. They used this as a cowrie, to buy slaves. And one of the restrictions was no African drumming. The slaves cannot use drums. [Visual: The group happily explores outside the National Maritime Museum.] [Audio: Soft, joyful music.] WOMAN: And that land doesn't run by the government, it's run by a private, it's run by Nanny's ancestors, you know, like the coming up generation. [Visual: Woman talks to the group with a microphone, alongside a picture of Nanny from Jamaica which is held up beside her. Inspiring shot of all of the group walking towards camera in front of the historic buildings. Cut to the women clapping beside the bonfire and canopy.] [Audio: Powerful music with traditional percussion and singing.] WOMAN: Heritage is what you've been through, you come through, and we're still going through. Although we come from different places, we all connect together. She's from Brazil, she's from Nepal, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, She's from Zambia and South Africa. It's all of us together, we're all here. If you look at the sky, and if you go to Nigeria, you look at the same sky. WOMAN 1: Is there any difference? WOMAN 2: No difference. WOMAN: So, it's to show that the world, you know, is the same. I'm sitting here, She makes me happy, I'm sitting with my family. [Visual: Slow motion shots of women dancing around the bonfire.] WOMAN: The world is a place that we should integrate. When you learn different cultures, you'll be able to know how to respect, to accept one another. [Visual: Fade to black.] [Audio: Powerful music with traditional percussion and singing.] [Visual: Text on screen reads: This film was co-created with Creating Ground members and local Historian & Storyteller, Rich Sylvester as part of the Exploring & Sharing Our Heritage project funded by The National Lottery Heritage fund.] [Visual: Photos of the Creating Ground members below text which reads: "This project has given me the opportunity to showcase Trinidad & Tobago and the rich culture and heritage it has to offer. It has given me the space to feel proud of my cultural legacy... It was inspiring to learn from one another and celebrate the diversity of our backgrounds and experiences." (Project member, June 2026).] [Visual: Text on screen reads: "Being part of this project and telling my story helped build up my confidence. It made me proud of my Gurkha heritage and helped preserve our history for future generations." (Project member, June 2026).] [Visual: Text on screen reads: "By presenting the Nalikwanda royal Barge of the Lozi people alongside the Prince Frederick Royal Barge, I was able to compare two important cultural symbols from different parts of the world. This helped me develop my research, presentation skills, while also increasing my confidence in speaking about my own identity and background." (Project member, June 2026).] [Visual: Text on screen reads: "Thank you wonderful ladies for sharing your stories, for all the links you found between British and your own heritage, for your personal stories and memories. Who knows maybe you have created a new story walk for people to learn and discover Greenwich in a different way and from a different perspective." (Storywalk audience member, May 2026).] [Visual: Text on screen reads: Featuring Exploring and Sharing our Heritage Group Members: Aldjia Koueeem, Alex Santana, Crystal Pedro, Elizabeth A. Ayanda, Elizabeth Dada, Esther, Felicia Apata, Joy, Karen Harris, Lian Che, Luul Abdi, Nirmala Thapa Magar, Sibati Shalala, Titilayo.]