Helena Holmes

Helena Holmes is a French art director and activist.
Holmes has directed feature films for Bollywood Cinema, Hollywood, British cinema and the French film industries. On the African continent she promotes her art in closed circles of friends and during private exhibitions. She is also a script-writer and conceptual artist. She has produced documentaries for televisios and implemented educational programmes into schools. She promotes equality and diversity programmes into schools as a qualified Teacher with Capes and QTS.
In 2009, Holmes represented herself at a tribunal in London and forced French mainstreams of South Kensington, London to recruit black children who were French but excluded from all the schools because of racial discrimination. She was the first black teacher recruited by the French Lycee Charles de Gaulle in 2006. She entered into a legal fight over many months for racial and sexual discriminations and refused to settle the case for money. She is described as "The Black iron lady" in some activist communities and panafrican groups. She supports many activist campaigns for human rights, equality and diversity. In 2013, she demonstrated alone for 21 days outside Downing Street, London to defend African women who were at risk of being evicted from their homes and of becoming homeless during winter season with their children and families. When interviewed, she said that her motivation was to help women to get back their homes before Christmas and to provide shelter and food to black children. She put her protest into a film script called" The Dream of Midas".
Holmes is also an opera singer and performer. She choreographed the dance for The Marikana Killing of miners and launched a scholarship scheme for African children. She also participated into the Ebola Campaign educational films and recorded health programmes for radio and television.

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