@BBC News: Run by the Mangrove Action Project, the competition – now in its ninth year – aims to show the relationships between wildlife, coastal communities and mangrove forests, as well as the fragility of these unique ecosystems, both above and below the waterline. See the winner, and more images on the BBC website Featured imageContinue reading “BBC News: Mangroves & Conservation Stories runner-up: Stewards of the Mangroves, by Jason Florio, Gambia”
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Bloomberg: China’s Quest for Iron – film & photography by Jason Florio
Guinea’s Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet. Now a consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a plan that jeopardizes one of the most biologically rich ecosystems in Africa. – words by Sheridan Prasso – Bloomberg China’s Quest for Iron Worries Mount About Mining for Iron in Guinea “WeContinue reading “Bloomberg: China’s Quest for Iron – film & photography by Jason Florio”
EVENT: New York Film Academy – Guest Speaker Series: Photojournalist & Filmmaker, Jason Florio – Friday May 21, 2021
New York Film Academy Guest Speaker Series: Jason Florio, Photojournalist & Filmmaker – Fri21 May 2021
‘I Cannot Bury My Father’ documentary – African Film Festival, New York, 2021
‘I Cannot Bury My Father’, African Film Festival – In 2005, Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh murdered 56 West African migrants out of fear they were mercenaries intending to overthrow him. The disappearance of their slain bodies robbed families of healing and closure by being unable to bury their loved ones. Isaac Mensah, one of the victim’s sons, shares the emotional toll of this atrocity and his quest for answers…
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