In Xochimilco, Mexico, Manuel Rodriguez is on a mission to save the country’s native and endangered axolotl, a small amphibious animal that can regenerate its body parts. He shelters up to 14,000 creatures at a time at his sanctuary and also puts on a show once a year to educate children and families about the animal in his homemade axolotl costume. He credits the axolotl for helping him find a path away from drugs. In the film “Flamenco Queer,” by Ana González and Frederick Bernas, a queer man’s lifelong passion for flamenco comes out after decades of hiding feminine impulses in a conservative society with rigid cultural traditions. The documentary has been acquired by The New Yorker and has received support from The Pulitzer Center. Meet Dr. Mo Khaki – a GP, activist, media personality and an inspiring human being – as he tells us about how the coronavirus has impacted ethnic minority groups in his home city of London. How would you describe 2020? C’était une année de merde. Horrível. Blech! A bloody nightmare... However you say it, we’re all feeling it. This year has stirred many emotions—and with them a lot of common expressions, too. In this video, you’ll hear how people feel about this season of life in French, Spanish, German, Italian, British English, Dutch, Polish, Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese, and more. You are cordially invited to the wedding dress episode of “Around the World.” Great Big Story talks to seven dressmakers in seven countries to learn about the special dresses they make for brides in their communities. The craftsmanship, tradition and love that goes into these gorgeous creations is truly amazing. Among the dresses featured: an elaborately beaded Native American southern Cheyenne buckskin dress from Oklahoma; a kente dress handwoven in red, yellow and green, the national colors of Ghana; and in Sweden, a traditional black taffeta folk wedding dress known as a vanga dress
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About Ana
Ana Gonzalez is a filmmaker/journalist with experience in more than 20 countries. She has collaborated with media outlets such as the BBC, Atlas Obscura, NatGeo, TIME, Al Jazeera, Mediaset and others. In 2021, her documentary “Flamenco Queer” was released by The New Yorker with support from the Pulitzer Center. Ana was previously a correspondent for Spanish press agency Efe/EPA in Paris and Bangkok, where she helped the company set up its multimedia headquarters for Asia – a continent she went on to explore extensively during four years as a freelance filmmaker with a base in Indonesia. In 2020, she founded Eye Rise Films – an audiovisual production house which tells stories that challenge the way we perceive the world.
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Therapeutic Bondage
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- Video Editor - Documentary
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Swedish bodyworker Andy Buru has devised a therapeutic way of working with bondage to help people heal from trauma, burnout and other ailments.
Produced for BBC Reel on Storyhunter
October 2020
What Wedding Dresses Around the World Look Like
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You are cordially invited to the wedding dress episode of “Around the World.” Great Big Story talks to seven dressmakers in seven countries to learn about the special dresses they make for brides in their communities. The craftsmanship, tradition and love that goes into these gorgeous creations is truly amazing. Among the dresses featured: an elaborately beaded Native American southern Cheyenne buckskin dress from Oklahoma; a kente dress handwoven in red, yellow and green, the national colors of Ghana; and in Sweden, a traditional black taffeta folk wedding dress known as a vanga dress
Produced for Great Big Story on Storyhunter
September 2020
The Muslims Preserving Kolkata's Last Jewish Synagogues
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The last Jewish synagogues in Kolkata, India are maintained by Muslim caretakers, a fit that's more natural than people in their communities might assume
Produced for Atlas Obscura on Storyhunter
September 2018
London Waste Orchestra
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- Video Editor - Documentary
Can you imagine an orchestra made of a broken crutch, water bottles and electrical wires? A design student at the Royal College of Art collaborated with a composer at the Royal College of Music to turn waste materials into fully functioning musical instruments. The project aims to address how people view trash and make musical instruments more accessible.
Produced for CGTN Culture on Storyhunter
January 2023
The Other Petra
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Hegra is an ancient archaeological site in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula. It is mostly famous for its spectacular Nabataean ruins, monumental tombs from an abandoned necropolis.
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