Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

VIEW FROM THE WORLD

Erasing David

United Kingdom
2009 — 78' / Color

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Synopsis

David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disappear – a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pregnant wife and young child behind, he is tracked across the database state on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy – and the loss of it.

Director Biography

An award-winning director, producer and writer of documentary, commercial and short film projects, he graduated from the Met Film School in 2004 and since then has completed various film projects exploring social and political themes. “Erasing David” is David’s first feature documentary. David co-runs production company Green Lions with his creative partner Ashley Jones and is currently in development of several projects, including new feature docs, a radio series for the BBC and a book about his adventures on the run.

Director

David Bond

Producer

Ashley Jones

Melinda McDougall

Cinematographer

Annemarie Lean-Vercoe

Gavin Northover

Editor

Steve Barclay

Wojciech Duczmal

Contact

114a Hoxton Street,
London N1 6SH
[email protected]