INSIDE A MUSLIM SCHOOL
Zara’s only seven but her parents have decided it's time for her to become a strict Muslim.
SWITCHING LANES
Vanessa, an African-American woman from Alaska moves to Las Vegas from Alaska to start a new life with her five children and her husband.
ROUGH AUNTIES
Kim Longinotto’s latest film about the lives of a group of courageous women in Durban South Africa.
THE INTERRUPTERS
Oscar nominated Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) follows a group of ex-gang leaders as they interrupt the flow of violence on the streets of Chicago.
COWBOYS IN INDIA
The latest film from Simon Chambers, director of the wonderful EVERY GOOD MARRIAGE BEGINS WITH TEARS
WE ARE TOGETHER
Multi-award winning feature WE ARE TOGETHER (Thina Simunye) tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa.
PROJECT KASHMIR
From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel and the Academy Award® winning Ross Kauffman comes PROJECT KASHMIR – a feature documentary.
WE ARE TOGETHER
- STATUS: DVD / broadcast
- DIRECTED BY: Paul Taylor
- FOR: HBO Documentary films, FILM 4, EMI UK, PALM Pictures, Channel 4, More 4, The British Channel 4 Documentary Film Foundation
- AWARDS: TRIBECA Audience award, TRIBECA Special jury prize, EDINBURGH Audience Award, IDFA Audience Award, IDFA First Appearance Award, SHEFFIELD GRIERSON Award, IDA music award, MEIFF Audience Award, AMNESTY Audience Award, AMNESTY Jury Prize, ONE WORLD jury Prize.
- WEBSITE: www.wearetogether.org
- SYNOPSIS:Multi-award winning feature WE ARE TOGETHER (Thina Simunye) tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa. Filmed over three years, with unforgettable kids, soaring music and a plot full of surprises, WE ARE TOGETHER arrives as a stirring and uplifting theatrical documentary.
RISE FILMS IS DONATING 100% OF PRODUCERS PROFITS FROM THIS FILM TO THE www.risefoundation.org TO HELP PROVIDE AN EDUCATION FOR ORPHANS & CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
PROJECT KASHMIR
- STATUS: DVD / broadcast
- DIRECTED BY: Senain Kheshgi & Geeta V. Patel
- FOR: DISHOOM PICTURES, ITVS, SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
- WEBSITE:www.dishoompix.com
- SYNOPSIS:From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel and Academy Award® winning Ross Kauffman, comes PROJECT KASHMIR––a feature documentary in which the directors, two American friends from opposite sides of the divide, investigate the war in Kashmir and find their friendship tested over deeply rooted religious biases they never had to face in the U.S. PROJECT KASHMIR explores war between countries and war within oneself by delving into the fraught lives of young people caught in the social/political conflict of one of the most beautiful, and most deadly, places on earth––Kashmir.
ROUGH AUNTIES
- STATUS: AT FESTIVALS
- DIRECTED BY: Kim Longinotto
- FOR: Channel 4, HBO, Women Make Movies, SBS, VPRO, Yes/DBS
- WEBSITE:www.roughaunties.com
- SYNOPSIS: Fearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a remarkable group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa. This newest documentary by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto (SISTERS IN LAW, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE) follows the outspoken, multiracial cadre of Thuli, Mildred, Sdudla, Eureka and Jackie, as they wage a daily battle against systemic apathy, corruption and greed to help the most vulnerable and disenfranchised of their communities. Neither politics, nor social or racial divisions stand a chance against the united force of the women. Once again Longinotto has managed to bring us an intimate portrait of change from Africa, this time from post-apartheid South Africa, a nation being transformed with hope and energy into a new democracy.
COWBOYS IN INDIA
- STATUS: IN POST PRODUCTION
- DIRECTED BY: Simon Chambers
- FOR: More4, ITVS
- SYNOPSIS:Orissa, India - where tribal people fight with their bows and arrows against multinational mining moguls from London. The filmmaker, aided by two hopeless local guides, searches for answers amongst conflicting allegations, as the truth becomes more and more elusive. A humorous film about a serious subject.
THE INTERRUPTERS
- STATUS: IN PRE-PRODUCTION
- DIRECTED BY: Steve James
- For: BBC, ITVS, Frontline, YLE, DR TV, NRK, SVT
- SYNOPSIS:Comprised of ex-gang members whose reputations command respect on the streets of Chicago, THE INTERRUPTERS intervene in disputes before they turn violent and that violence spreads. Academy award winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) embarks on a verite journey with the lively INTERRUPTERS who are now protecting their communities from the violence they themselves once employed.
SWITCHING LANES
- STATUS: post-production
- DIRECTED BY: Jason Massot
- For: More4
- SYNOPSIS:Vanessa, an African-American woman from Alaska moves to Las Vegas from Alaska to start a new life with her five children and her husband, Maurice. Homeless, living in their car, with only $261 in their pocket we follow the family over four years as their story mirrors the economic rise and fall of the US – from bust, to boom and back again.
INSIDE A MUSLIM SCHOOL
- STATUS: in production
- DIRECTED BY: Tanya Stephan
- For:
- SYNOPSIS:Zara’s only seven but her parents have decided it’s time for her to become a strict Muslim. While her big sister goes to sixth form college and never has to wear a headscarf, Zara has to wear the hijab every day and learn the Qur’an in Arabic. Aysha is 12. She’s made her own choice to follow Islam but she’s the only white girl at her new school. Both girls are embarking on a journey, they’re starting at a Muslim faith school for the first time. Filmed over one year, the film intimately captures the girls’ lives as they grow up and make choices about their identity and beliefs. With the freshness of a child’s perspective we discover what it means for them to become religious and what it’s like to be a strict Muslim in Britain at such a young age.
