"Afectados" features narration from Hollywood icon Julie Christie, reading a version of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's "United Fruit Company" and a field score from musician Drew McConnell & long term Banksy collaborator Jim Carey.
In December 2015 Donne collaborated with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack for a second time (see features) writing a short satirical film "La Fête est Finie" (The Party is Over) to mark the historic Paris Climate change conference or COP21.
The short, jointly directed with Joe Morris under the Brass Moustache moniker, was also scored by Del Naja and former Mercury Music Prize winning band Young Fathers and was produced by Forest Swords.
Starring Utopia actor Fiona O'Shaughnessy & Natasha O'Keeffe (Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, The Last Panthers) in a cast of over 25, the film premiered with The Guardian newspaper and Pitchfork simultaneously and was screened in Paris during the climate change summit.
The six-screen film installation was arranged in the historic Coalhouse Fort, and featured sound recording and design from Banksy collaborator Jim Carey and musical samples from Thom Yorke.
Donne later explained in an interview with BBC 6 Music that the work blended the notion of the river and the water as a potential gateway to safety or security, with the "absurd and deadly" reality of the relationship between UK arms sales to despotic regimes and the refugee crisis.
[citation needed] The artist documentary received wide critical acclaim, with The Times arts editor Alex O'Connell writing "The film evokes the waterside architecture, music and arcane language, set to a score that samples a creaking hull, hammering cargoes and engine room rhythms" and The Guardian film editor Catherine Shoard stating "Something of that rock'n'roll spirit has survived in Mark Donne's movie: a stylish essay that combines chinwags with East End sea dogs with a gonzo two-week adventure on the high seas with the crew of a Maersk cargo boat.
"[14] The UK Gold, a collaboration with Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack was completed in 2013 and won the Jury Best Documentary prize at the East End Film Festival, under chair US Director Morgan Spurlock.
[citation needed] Since 2004, Donne has worked with Latin American human rights organisations and appeared as a guest of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on a live broadcast of his television programme "Alo Presidente" in September 2007.
[citation needed] On 8 February 2008, The Independent reported that Mark Donne has called for the closing of tax loopholes for the very wealthiest in Britain and for a rise in the living wage levels for the poorest in the British economy.
[citation needed] On behalf of charities such as Oxfam, Child Poverty Action Group and Gingerbread (One Parent Families), Donne lead a national campaign to urge the wealthiest Premier League football clubs to pay off the pitch staff, including cleaners and hospitality workers, a living wage.
The rolling initiative is designed to re-engage young people with contemporary political debate and to call into question the effect of the corporately owned media on the British democratic processes.