28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Fire This Time
director: Mariam Ghani
original title: The Fire This Time
country: United States
year: 2022
running time: 21 min.
synopsis
This film applies historic data to link the recent epidemic with migration, colonization and xenophobia in order to create a context for the events in the world struck with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using voice-over and collages of archival videos, photos and newspapers, a story of recurring models of human behaviour at times of crises is told, revealing an unfavourable basis of so-called civilization.“So we should be thinking about outbreaks as somehow metaphorically reminding us of the social disorder that we need to address.” (Patricia J. Williams)
biography
Mariam Ghani (* 1978) is an Afghani-American visual artist, photographer, filmmaker and activist. She graduated from New York University and School of Visual Arts. In her projects, she deals with socio-political issues. She also works as a journalist and lecturer.more about film
| director: | Mariam Ghani |
| producer: | Kristen Fitzpatrick, Mariam Ghani |
| script: | Emily Eberhart, Mariam Ghani |
| editing: | Emily Eberhart |
| sound design: | Stephen McLaughlin |
| co-producer: | Alysa Nahmias |
| executive producer: | Charlotte Cook |
| skladatel: | Qasim Naqvi |
