London

"There’s an old cinema where you can catch movies, get a bite to eat, get a cocktail. The Castle Cinema is the hidden gem of this neighborhood."

The Castle Cinema

"On Sundays, right at the end of my road is a coffee stand, street food, fashion, people creating, setting up stalls and doing their thing. They’re called the Chatsworth Road Market."

Chatsworth Road Market

"We could totally splash out and go to The Wolseley. It’s bang in the center of London, it’s quite posh and expensive. It’s a beautiful restaurant, you walk in and there's this amazing staircase and it's just really a proper English kind of beautiful."

The Wolseley

"We can have dinner at Morito, which is in London Fields. It’s the east London outpost of the original Clerkenwell restaurant."

Morito

Documentary director Ali Alvarez’s global mindset has been honed over a life lived across Mexico City Los Angeles, Tokyo, and now London. After starting in advertising, Ali turned her attention to filmmaking — a realm where she could reconnect with her Mexican and American roots and delve into the human stories that inspire her. She has produced content for Nike, Range Rover, and the BBC, her work has been recognized by Cannes and nominated for an Emmy Award, and her first feature documentary, Muerte Es Vida, was awarded 'Best Human Wildlife Interaction' at the International Wildlife Film Festival.

Ali Alvarez is a Mexican-American documentary filmmaker and creative director who has worked with brands such as Nike, Google, and BBC.

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