4: Rauni Barros

Episode 4 of Unfortunate Oxfordians features Film Director and 'Third Culture Kid', Rauni Barros. The podcast has taken a short hiatus in the last few months, however, I am happy to say it’s back. In the past few months, I have become fascinated with the concept of Third Culture Kids. As of this, I thought It would be great to get someone who wasn’t born in Oxford but spent the majority of their years growing up there. Better yet, someone who then left Oxford once they became an adult, travelled some more and then came back to embark on an exciting career as a film director. I and Rauni are the same age and went to middle school together during a time where he had not long arrived in Oxford from Brazil. We went to 'rival' upper schools on either side of the Cowley Marsh. Following school Rauni, pursued his interests in film, attending University in Leeds before travelling and returning to complete a masters at Bournemouth. He now resides back in Oxford focusing on his own film production company, True Vision Features. He shared with me his story and the struggle to hone his identity along the way Check out @truevisionfeatures_ on Instagram!