Radio Amina (short film), and an interview with director Orlando von Einsiedel
Radio Amina takes an imaginative, sometimes lonely, but very energetic look at the call for change in educating girls and women in Africa. It's a beautifully constructed film that contrasts the rough edges of a child's reality with the excitement and possibility of her imagination. Check out the film here: Orlando von Einsiedel is the co-founder of the award-winning London TV/film/web production company, Grain Media . Very exciting to bring to you this mailterview with Orlando, written from far-off locales. CR: What was it like to work in Kano? OE: In the run up to the shoot there had been some nasty incidents involving the militant group Boko Haram near Kano, so we were not entirely sure how the atmosphere would feel in the city or how open people would be to us. However, in general people could not have been nicer and we all really enjoyed filming in the city. It was ridiculously hot, and as we were shooting on 16mm film the dust and dirt made every...