HOW TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT SEX WORKERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE SEEN
AN INTERVIEW WITH NICOLA MAI, DIRECTOR OF “TRAVEL” By Charlotte Harding Nicola Mai has solved somewhat of an ethical conundrum with his latest film Travel. A sociologist, ethnographer and filmmaker, Mai is dedicated to analysing the experiences and representations of migrants working in the global sex industry. But when it came to turning his original […]
LOVE & LOSS ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERVIEW WITH TROND WAAGE, DIRECTOR OF “LIVING WITH BOKO HARAM” By Charlotte Harding At the time “Living with Boko Haram” was filmed, the terrorist organisation was the deadliest in the world. The militant group’s ideology of extremism has seen ensuing atrocities across ethnically and religiously divided Nigeria, spilling over into neighbouring Northern Cameroon, where Boko […]
CHUKCHI, OR NOT CHUKCHI? THAT IS THE QUESTION
AN INTERVIEW WITH LIIVO NIGLAS, CO-DIRECTOR OF “THE JOURNEY TO THE MAGGOT FEEDER” By Shosha Adie Liivo Niglas is a filmmaker and ethnologist who grew up near the small town of Jogeva (Estonia), against what he calls the “bizarre” political backdrop of the Soviet Union. Though he has documented many experiences, he describes “The Journey to the […]
