Kim Longinotto and Nick Broomfield

Kim Longinotto: well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination - inspiring women.
- Her films have a feminist perspective.
- Observational documentary, when the filmmaker observes rather than intrudes the subject's life to give the spectator effect that they are observing reality rather than something staged. 

Kapadia and Kim Longinotto present similar ideas through the use of documentary film. These ideas, in Kim Longinottos case, are often based on the oppression and discrimination of females in society. Kim Longintto’s of bases her documentaries on rebels, outsiders, atypical women and focuses on the stories of female victims of oppression and discrimination. 

Kapadia follows the observational style of documentary similar to Kim Longinotto who wants the film to seem like fiction which directs us to a specific view and opinion, the fictional theme creates an emotional response of sympathy and understanding, the fictional nature of the documentary directs the viewer to be more open minded. Kim Longinotto and Kapadia both intend for the subject of the film to feel as if it’s more their film than the documentary makers’ so that they feel they have a voice and control over their film.

She would make sure that the audience would feel like they were involved, right there in the scene as her, watching what was happening through the camera. As a result, her work always exhibited her subjects with a fervent veracity that penetrated the camera lens, giving them a distinct voice and presence not always shown in other documentary genres.

he consistent theme behind her works could easily be misinterpreted as continuous representations of female victims and their tragic stories. But Longinotto is quick to point out that none of her subjects are victims but rather survivors. “These stories are about rebels, and those rebels are usually women, because, in most situations, men have an awful lot more power,” she says. However she also clarifies that her work empathises with all of those who struggle. “If there was a place where men were being kicked around and women were locking them in cages, then you’d focus on the men,” she says.

 Longinotto shoots with her resolute adherence to justice through awareness.