S2 EP04 | How Consumerism Profits from Women’s Insecurities

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S3 EP03 | How to Build Spaces for Emerging Filmmakers, Like El Gouna Film Festival? With Hayat Aljowaily

What does it take to create space for emerging filmmakers? We sat down with Hayat Aljowaily (@xhayatyx), founder of Kalam Aflam (@kalamaflam.fr) and director of CineGouna Emerge at the Gouna Film Festival (@gff), to talk about filmmaking, cultural programming, and creating space ...  Show more

S3 EP02 | No One Is Coming To Save You

Can online activism really create change?As the public square moves online, we dissect how on ground and online activism can shape change, and why each creates impact on different timelines and at different scales. We also reflect on our role, individually and collectively, in cr ...  Show more

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