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Don Edkins

The Last Shelter, a film by Ousmane Samassekou

On the edge of the desert

Carmen Gray / May 5, 2021

MIGRANTS: The CPH:DOX winning documentary whispers migrant dreams and nightmares on the edge of the Sahara.

Africa, Algeria, Andrey S. Diarra, Burkina Faso, DOK.fest München, Dokufest, Don Edkins, Estelle Robin You, Europe, exploitation, FIFDH, FIPADOC, Gaddafi, Gao, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin, IDFA, Libya, Migrant, migrants, Ousmane Samassekou, Porto/Post/Doc, Sahara Desert, The Last Shelter, Tiny Mungwe

The Last Shelter, a film by Ousmane Zoromé Samassékou

Youth, migration, and documentary decolonisation

Lauren Wissot / May 3, 2021

AFRICAN FILM: Don Edkins and Tiny Mugwe discuss the Generation Africa project.

Africa, AFRICAN FILM, AFRICAN FILM:, arte, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, decolonisation, Don Edkins, Europe, Hitler, Hot Docs, South Africa, Tiny Mungwe, Visions du réel

WHY POVERTY?: The way the story is told

Bianca-Olivia Nita / April 9, 2013

In whose interest is it to maintain poverty? DOX looks at three films meant to make us question and discuss poverty from the new Why Poverty? series

BBC, Don Edkins, Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Nick Fraser, Storyville, Why Poverty?

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