The Nigerian Connection is a 2-part investigative mini series we produced, alongside Pear Productions, for Al Jazeera English about the Nigerian mafia and the trafficking of women from West Africa to Europe. Click above to see Part 1 based in Italy's mafia stronghold of Castel Volturno.
Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate is a 21' investigative film about the role of the international chocolate trade in exaggerating violence and human rights abuse in war torn Ivory Coast. Made for Al Jazeera English's People And Power strand.
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'Feker' in Amharic means love and this is a short documentary about the enduring nature of the human spirit. 'My Name Is Feker' retells the story of Feker Asheme's challenging life but by following the lives of 3 girls who are today, living the life she once led. Official selection at Seattle and Rotterdam International Film Festivals 2012.
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Client: CURRENT TVIn 2007 we visited the Saharawi refugee camps in SW Algeria. In these sun scorched camps over 200,000 people etch out a living. Some of them have been there over 30 years and virtually no one outside of the region has ever heard of them.
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In a very poor neighborhood in Old Dhaka, there is a building that doesn't look like it should actually be standing. Step inside and you'll be greeted by some truly inspiring and hardy folk, not at all squeamish about the cockroaches and spiders littering the building that terrified the not so hardy film makers who joined them one afternoon...