16:00 – 16:40 Tuesday 19.03, Social Cinema, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
The collective awakening around diversity and inclusion since 2020 is a metaphoric breath of fresh air for storytellers from the global south and its diaspora. But is the surge in interest and the intentional focus on telling diverse stories empowering these communities to be equally heard or are we sleep walking into a cultural colonialism.
Director & Producer, White Teeth Film, UK
Eloise King is a British-Jamaican/Grenadian Filmmaker (and former commissioner) who adopts an interdisciplinary approach to telling complex stories that foreground marginalized perspectives within popular culture. Her debut feature, ‘Untitled Scholars’ is supported by Film4, BFI & Field of Vision
Director, African School of Storytelling (AFRISOS), Tanzania
Jigar Ganatra is an award-winning visionary Tanzanian filmmaker whose ecophilosophical documentaries challenge humanity to rethink our connection to nature. He has made films in collaboration with communities in remote areas including the East African Savannah, Amazon Rainforest, and the Himalayas.
Producer, STEPS, South Africa
Tiny Mungwe works at STEPS, where she produced Generation Africa, a collection of 25 documentary films from 16 African countries and Mzansi in a Time of Covid-19, a collection of 11 South African short documentary films on the pandemic. She developing a collection on climate action in Africa.
