Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, October 22, 2026
In Sheffield, a city shaped by industrial upheaval and working-class resistance, the 33rd DocFest opens 10-15 June with an unflinching programme. The event gathers 80 features, 24 shorts, talks and podcasts from 2,900 submissions exploring interconnected issues including press freedom, climate crisis, queer narratives and historical memory. In a […]
Mainstream film criticism, an unappetizing stew of the shallow and the impressionistic, is in dire straits. An honourable exception is A. S. Hamrah and the latest collection of his reviews, “Algorithm of the night: Film writing, 2019-2025”, is warmly welcomed. Sean Sheehan Part of the problem, of course, […]
Since her days working as an assistant to Graciela Iturbide – and now her artistic heir – Maya Goded has emerged as a vital figure in Mexican photography and documentary film making. “The serpent’s trail”, a precious and aesthetically pleasurable publication, is a work of memory and resistance. Sean […]
A chance family revelation led Argentine journalist Cristina Rafanelli to uncover the extraordinary life of her great-aunt Leda Rafanelli — an anarchist writer, feminist, Muslim and former lover of Benito Mussolini — while tracing the enduring parallels between political repression, resistance and storytelling across generations. The Prisma spoke to her.
There are countless ways of looking at London and two new books narrow the focus by taking the idea of looking in more of a literal than a metaphorical sense: a cartographic approach, mapping the city through its boroughs; and a street-photography journey across the metropolis. Sean Sheehan […]
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