Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, January 17, 2020
Cuban director Jorge Luis Sánchez had to wait more than twenty years to create his film about the poet Julián del Casal and premiere it at a film festival. Daniela Obrador The film “Buscando a Casal” (Finding Casal) was on the brink of production in 2007, but it wasn’t […]
Recreation is part of the day to day of war, especially when it is boys and girls who are there in the line of fire. A group of teenagers in the face of a military conflict. Santiago Zapata is the producer of “Monos”, film selected as a candidate to represent […]
Bolsonaro’s policies have added a new urgency to the need for land reform in Brazil. Obtaining a right guaranteed by the Constitution is mired in endless legal arguments, while the press labels the landless as bandits. “Chao” shows the reality of the struggle for decent conditions.
His film “Shelter”, about a transgender Muslim immigrant is doing well in film festivals, but how to reach larger audiences? Masi is acutely aware of political and ethical issues in making honest documentaries. Music is essential to his films and he talks about the power of radio – the blind […]
This is the journeys of Pepsi, the transgender Queen of the Calais Jungle. Journeys through social landscapes fraught with prejudice and danger, fortified by her military survival skills. The last film of Enrico Masi’s trilogy set around the impact of mega-events addresses the biggest of them all: mass migration.
