‘As a young, mixed-race woman from Scotland — identity yet unknown — landing in Plaistow was a bit confusing.’

‘Alia Syed's practice as a filmmaker tests the conventions of writing.’

Taking as a point of departure her epistolary project Letters to Leena, a series of correspondences to her mixed heritage daughter, curator Jemma Desai and artist Jasleen Kaur present a selection of works from British experimental filmmaker Alia Syed.