March 19 – 30, 2025
16:00 - 16:40 Tuesday 19th Mar 2024 / 40 min
The collective awakening around diversity and inclusion since 2020 is a metaphoric breath of fresh air for storytellers from the global south and its diaspora. But is the surge in interest and the intentional focus on telling diverse stories empowering these communities to be equally heard or are we sleep walking into a cultural colonialism.
Tiny Mungwe works at STEPS, where she produced Generation Africa, a collection of 25 documentary films from 16 African countries and Mzansi in a Time of Covid-19, a collection of 11 South African short documentary films on the pandemic. She developing a collection on climate action in Africa.
Jigar Ganatra is an award-winning visionary Tanzanian filmmaker whose ecophilosophical documentaries challenge humanity to rethink our connection to nature. He has made films in over 15 countries in Africa in collaboration with local communities on the themes of preserving cultural heritage. He is also the co-founder of the African School Of Storytelling (AFRISOS), an organization dedicated to empowering upcoming documentary talents in Africa through hands-on mentorship programs.
Mette Hoffmann Meyer is an award-winning Danish producer. She is the CEO and Founder of THE WHY Foundation in Copenhagen, and was previously head of documentaries and co-productions at Denmark’s public service broadcasting cooperation DR. She has worked on a number of award winning films, including Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, Maid in Hell and Stealing Africa to mention a few. She holds two Oscars, a Peabody, a Grierson and an Emmy to her name and has produced a number of other Oscar nominated films. She also won a Doc Mogul award for supporting young filmmakers. Mette has been a jury member for IDFA, Sundance, Emmy, Women in Film, One World Film and the Danish Television Festival.
