Behind every door, there is a story to be heard… Making #Portraits4PositiveChange, with Jason Florio, we are meeting victims and survivors of the brutal regime of the former president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. The man, ‘A.K.J.’, who lives behind this door, was shot in the leg by security forces when he took part in a peacefulContinue reading “The Gambia – stories behind doors”
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Photography Exhibition: ‘Portraits to Remember’ – victims and resisters, The Gambia, West Africa
Exhibiting for the first time, portraits from the on-going series, ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘ taken over the past two years in The Gambia, and Senegal We are delighted to be part of this group show and it’s truly an honour to be able to have the opening, in The Gambia, at the Gambia Centre for VictimsContinue reading “Photography Exhibition: ‘Portraits to Remember’ – victims and resisters, The Gambia, West Africa”
Gambia documentary screening at Pan African Film & Arts Festival, 2019, LA
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”
Jason Florio – making #Portraits4PositiveChange, The Gambia
‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange From 1994 -2017 President Yahya Jammeh ruled the Gambia, West Africa, as his own personal fiefdom, crushing dissent, and opposition, with brutality. His personal hit squad and intelligence agency carried out tortures, and assassinations with impunity – journalists were gunned down and disappeared, ministersContinue reading “Jason Florio – making #Portraits4PositiveChange, The Gambia”
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