The third millennium, awaited as no other century ever before with a thrill of futuristic hope in the power of modernity, all-out technology and progress, has instead brought us into a feverish and unexpected era: that of Exodus. Ours is...
In Pakistan the transgender world is still victim of a big social stigmatization. The Khawaja Siras are, indeed, targets of the conservative groups and of that of the Islamic extremists, and in order to survive the most of them are forced to beg, prostitute or dance during baptisms, circumcisions or other celebrations, since they are renowned for their choreographic capabilities and for bringing good luck.
Ciad, a former French colony, gained independence in 1960 and, following the proclamation of the birth of the Republic of Chad we know today, the history of this African nation has been characterised by autocratic governments and continual war. The...
It is a hypnotic song. A pounding, almost indistinct sound that the winds of Bol carry through the streets. The percussive rhythm, the long and baritonal notes of the horns and the high voices of women become clearer while walking...
Dar es Salaam, house of peace, a prophetic name for a village just a short distance from Bol where victims of the jihadist group Boko Haram live. An infinite spread of sand and huts where families twisted by hatred and...
Chad, a country in Central Africa, is now facing the most complex humanitarian crisis in the world. In the basin of a lake that has shrunk by 90% due to the climate change, the population must fight every day against...
It is like there is a Jinn, a desert spirit, a ghost, so old that, at sunset, while warmly wrapped up in a white jellabiya and holding on tightly to a walking stick, advancing with effortless elegance through the dust...
We have been in Pakistan to discover every aspect of this complex country, whose population has several social, ethnic and sexual contradictions. We met the transgender community and they told us about a life of exclusion. Once worshipped and revered,...
It was Easter of 2016, when across the whole city of Lahore rumors stared spreading about a kamikaze explosion inside the Gulshan and Iqbal Park, which caused a massacre. It is one of the most heinous actions ever committed by...
Goma, the principal city of North Kivu province, has been sadly called the “rape capital of the world”: 15 thousand women are raped every year, an average of one every 30 minutes. After the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict that took place in London in 2014, the world has turned its back on rapes victims in Congo. This short documentary wants to bring this endless tragedy back into the spotlight through the stories of the victims and through the testimony of the people who give medical and psychological support to these women.
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