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#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio

#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia © Jason Florio Ebrima Jabang, age 64, was arrested along with the opposition activist, Solo Sandeng, during the April 14th, 2016 peaceful protest for electoral reform. He was taken to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters, tied face down on a table and tortured by YahyaJammeh’s personal hit squad, the Junglers, permanentlyContinue reading “#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio”

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Media – Traditional Masquerades, The Gambia © Jason Florio / Brussels Airlines

‘the non-human form of the masquerade gives the viewer the impression of a spirit being…’ Jason Florio – BInspired/Brussels Airlines inflight magazine (page 9). See more about our masquerades series, in the Gambia, and Senegal, West Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMq1PpkNNU Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa- made for United Purpose, NGO – ©Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio. _____Continue reading “Media – Traditional Masquerades, The Gambia © Jason Florio / Brussels Airlines”

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Gambia documentary screening at Pan African Film & Arts Festival, 2019, LA

"We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia" free doc screening, Aug 13th, London. Poster Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison) "We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia" free doc screening, Aug 13th, London. Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison)

We Never Gave Up – Stories of Courage in Gambia Gambia documentary screening at Pan African Film & Arts Festival – We are honoured to have ‘We Never Gave Up – Stories of Courage in Gambia‘, made for Amnesty International, chosen to be shown in its entirety at the 27th PAFF, Los Angeles, CA, February 7-18,Continue reading “Gambia documentary screening at Pan African Film & Arts Festival, 2019, LA”

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‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ Update

‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange We’ve been busy these last couple of months, working predominantly on the portraits of victims and resisters in our second home of The Gambia. This is a work-in-progress, which we began two years ago. We also got asked to make a documentary for Amnesty International, whichContinue reading “‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ Update”