Film by Evan Williams
for Channel PBS America | Frontline
Producer
Evan Williams & Hannah Congdon
Producer Germany & DoP
Vanessa Schlesier
Additional Camera
THE RISE OF
GERMANY'S NEW RIGHT
An investigation (1h 44m) into how far-right leaders in Germany have risen to the brink of power. Filmmaker Evan Williams (Germany’s Enemy Within, Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right, Escaping Eritrea, Myanmar’s Killing Fields) examines the reasons behind the surge in support for the German far right’s brand of hardline nationalist politics, and the roles of Russia and the U.S.
The documentary was nominated for an international Emmy Award and won the RIAS TV Media Award.
Film by Evan Williams
for Channel PBS America | Frontline
Producer Germany
Vanessa Schlesier
Camera
Since the Holocaust, Germany has worked to overcome its Nazi history. But over the past decade, Germany has faced a rising wave of far-right violence and plots against Jews, Muslims, immigrants and politicians. Amid accusations that the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD) has provoked violence, which it denies, filmmaker Evan Williams investigates the rise of far-right extremism in modern-day Germany.
Film by Vanessa Schlesier
for ARTE
Production
Kobalt Productions
Additional Camera
Vanessa Juercke
Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee, including Nidal Bulbul's family. The German-Palestinian, who lives in Berlin, is desperately trying to find a way to get his parents and siblings out of Gaza. Carrying $65,000 in cash, he travels to Cairo to arrange his family's evacuation.
Documentary Series by Vanessa Schlesier, Ronald Rist & Antje Boehmert
for ARD & RBB
Production
Additional Camera
Vanessa Juercke
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Two weeks later, the last U.S. Air Force plane left Kabul, ending the military evacuation. Tens of thousands were left behind, their lives in danger — local staff of German institutions, media professionals, artists, and human rights activists. Many place their hopes in the Kabul Luftbrücke (English: Airlift), a small Berlin-based NGO founded by journalists and activists who take the evacuation into their own hands.
The series follows former local staff escaping the country, children separated from their parents seeking reunion, and young women refusing to bow to the Taliban’s rules.
Report by Mirela Delić
for ARD | Weltspiegel
Camera Pakistan
Vanessa Juercke
Frozan and her family fled Afghanistan in November 2021. Forced to leave behind the life they had known, they arrived in Islamabad. In the Pakistani capital, I had the opportunity to meet Frozan, a courageous women's rights activist who refused to be silenced by the Taliban’s oppressive rule. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and banned girls from receiving an education, she took matters into her own hands. She transformed her own home into a secret school, providing young girls with the education they were denied.
#abgehoben mit Felix von der Laden | von Köln nach Berlin | Interview im Flugzeug
#abgehoben mit Nessi
#abgehoben mit Jazzy Gudd | Interview im Flugzeug
