A Prince in Cape Town – young LGBT asylum seeker from Zimbabwe in Cape Town

A film by Jason Florio & Zane Dedlow for International HIV/AIDS Alliance

 

A Prince in Cape Town: Being a young LGBT asylum seeker

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are often forced to flee their home country to escape discrimination and violence only to face an uncertain future as undocumented migrants with no access to health care services… read more at International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

Prince January, at home in a township in South Africa - portrait © Jason Florio
Prince January at home in a township in Cape Town – portrait © Jason Florio

 

August 2018
Currently in Malta – covering Europe and Africa
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Free screening: ‘We Never Gave Up – stories of courage in Gambia’, August 13th, London

"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” free doc screening, Aug 13th, London. Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison)
Watch the trailer on Vimeo - documentary 'We Never Gave Up-stories of courage in Gambia'
Watch the full documentary on  Vimeo – ‘We Never Gave Up-stories of courage in Gambia’
Ever wondered what it was like to be a human rights defender in GAMBIA during Yahya Jammeh’s regime?

For more details about the free screening of the full documentary, in London – and how to register – please visit Amnesty Internationals twitter feed.

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“A Blossom Pink World” Being transgender in Guyana – a film by Jason Florio & Zane Dedlow

 

Transgender activists in video: A blossom pink world

Transgender Guyana – Guyana Trans United’s ground-breaking campaign to repeal British colonial ‘buggery laws’ has found support from high-profile government officials.

Activists share their experiences, hopes, and aspirations as they challenge the legal framework that has led to transgender people not accessing the health services that they are entitled to, and need… read more HIV/AIDS Alliance.

A short film by Jason Florio & Zane Dedlow – for International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

 

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Press: ‘How I’m seeing Malta disappear through its doors’ – Times of Malta

Old store front, Balluta Bay © Helen Jones-Florio
Old store front, Balluta Bay © Helen Jones-Florio

 

To find my bearings, I walked… and I walked. It’s the only way that I know to get a real sense of any place I’ve ever landed in. So, leaving the vast concrete and glass apartment complex, perched on a peninsula, I turned down one narrow side-street after another – off the main drag of Sliema – and the true architectural beauty of Malta began to reveal itself… Helen Jones-Florio / Times of Malta

 

Old doorway, Msida, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio
Old doorway, Msida, Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

 

Having lived long-term in two major capitals, London and New York, where ‘rejuvenation’, ‘gentrification’, ‘generi-fication’ – however you want to tag it – has left its mark, which sadly, all too often means taking something away…

 

Men sitting outside of an old store front, bus station, Valletta (no longer there), Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio
Old store front, bus station, Valletta (no longer there), Malta ©Helen Jones-Florio

 

Derelict house of character, and part of Maltese balcony, Sliema, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio
Derelict house of character, Sliema, Malta © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Each and every door or facade has a story – and, someone, somewhere on the island can tell it. And, I want to see what’s behind the doors – hence, I’m often peeking through letterboxes and broken windows! Read full feature in Times of Malta

Related posts ‘Disappearing Malta‘  & ‘Behind Closed Doors’

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