From Dust We Spin
CULTURE: The smoke and noise of Cape Flats racing culture.
South Africa
War, fear and decolonialization
INTERVIEW: Director Johan Grimonprez has for more than 25 years worked with documentaries that addresses power, media and manipulations trough his more essayistic style. His latest film, Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, was screened at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival – where he garnered the audience award for best documentary
«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
Private game reserves – a business concept for species conservation
SOUTH AFRICA: Around 500 South African game reserves represent a spectacular marketplace. But after thirty years, Shamwari Private Game Reserve, for example, now has seven luxury lodges, an explorer camp, a learning centre, a rehabilitation station for young, abandoned or injured animals – and not least a police unit to combat poaching.
Green electricity from Africa
NAMINIA: Dependence on Russian gas, Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and provoked supply crises have put energy at the center of European politics. But in Namibia, the plan is now to focus on ‘green’ electricity where seawater is desalinated and produces hydrogen through electrolysis.
«I think there’s a real need to see new faces»
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC: Director of Strategy & Development Mathieu Béjot on the La Rochelle market’s 33rd edition.
A rigged election in Zimbabwe
POLITICS: With the country at a crossroads, Zimbabwe attempts to hold its first post-Mugabe elections.
5 eyelet documentaries you can watch anywhere
As we move into the dog days of summer with heat waves virtually enveloping the entire world, there are few
Youth, migration, and documentary decolonisation
AFRICAN FILM: Don Edkins and Tiny Mugwe discuss the Generation Africa project.
Alternative thinking for a better world
Democracy:The world has been and will always be changing, now probably faster than ever, and we must be all-inclusive, also to remain optimistic.