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For me, it was time to raise my voice, speak out, and say, ‘This is our culture. It happened to every woman. We knew it was bad in Somalia, but nobody discussed it.
“I think what was very unusual was that Ifrah participated in the dramatisation of her life story very much in collaboration with an actress who was honouring that story for all women, and making it an everywoman story. It was a wonder to witness.”
McGuckian uses a deft, emphatic and sensitive hand throughout – especially evident during the film’s more distressing moments. It begins with triumph, an impassioned speech to the United Nations and slowly, through flashbacks, we see just how much Ifrah has had to endure and overcome to get to that moment. “It was all about getting the tone of the film right,” the director explains. “It was important to get a sense of the trauma of it, the terror of her early life, and in the telling of it, neither overdramatise nor in any way underestimate or
15th Mar 2021
Who knew that down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement? The extraordinary Netflix, now Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is the untold story finally told for the world to see.
Jennifer McShane speaks to the film’s co-director Nicole Newnham about its reverence and the push to continue breaking stereotypical barriers down for those with disabilities – in life and on screen
Co-directed by Emmy Award winner Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht, we’re taken back in time to the early 1970s, where teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalisation. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped”, exploded those confines. Jened was free from restraint; their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smokin
24th Jan 2021
Jennifer McShane spoke to Wonder Woman costume designer Lindy Hemming about the intricacies of designing pieces in the superhero universe for the sequel to the acclaimed movie, the challenges of going back in time and the place smaller movies have amongst all the big-budget blockbusters
It would be more than fitting to say that costume designer Lindy Hemming is a veteran, not just of the film industry, but of the big-budget blockbuster universe. From Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy to Harry Potter and 007 she knows of the skill required to create pieces of scale and stature and is most certainly the very woman who could help bring
22nd Jan 2021
Wondering what to do with yourself tonight? Here are three new shows and films to spend your evening with
A hilarious and devastating new drama about the AIDS crisis, the new Netflix crime thriller you can’t miss and a collection of mini-shorts with all your favourite Pixar characters; here’s what’s on tonight.
It’s A Sin, Channel 4, 9pm
Forget ‘what to watch tonight,’
It’s A Sin is what you absolutely cannot miss tonight. From BAFTA-winning writer Russell T Davies,
It’s A Sin is an angry, hilarious and emotional five-part drama following a group of friends growing up in the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Olly Alexander of