Work for everyone
Inclusion in Catalonia
Report by Vanessa Juercke and Ralph Weihermann
Camera Steffen Bohn
Edit Amalie Bambarandag
Channel Arte
32 min
In the Catalonian company "La Fageda", it is not people who are there for work - but work for people. The production of yogurt and marmalade creates jobs for women and men who fall outside the normal system due to a mental disorder or intellectual disability. The employees are proud of the products, as they successfully compete with international brands in Catalonia. Inclusion through yogurt? At "La Fageda" a recipe for success.
Pakistan's Female Comedians
Humor against sexism
Report by Vanessa Juercke
Camera Vanessa Juercke
Edit Oliver Kölle
Channel Deutsche Welle
12:30 min
Comedy in Pakistan has always been a male-dominated space. Men are allowed to crack jokes, show off, or be crude. Enter female comedians. They get cast as mothers, daughters or mothers-in-law – rather than playing individuals, women are limited to caricatures. Amtul Baweja wants to change this, which is why she has joined the Khawatoons group. “Khawatoons” is a play on the Urdu word for women, “khawateen”, and “cartoons”. In the group, all the roles are played by women, who test the boundaries of what can be said in Pakistan.
Transgender in Pakistan
Sunny is a trans person living in Pakistan. She begs in order to survive. Others get by as sex workers or dancers. As an expert for transgender issues at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Reem Sharif found a way to support her community. Trans people in Pakistan are frequently cast out by their families and live in poverty. They can find safe spaces and a new family in special centers. Here, they do not have to hide and discover that they are not alone in their fight for survival and recognition in Pakistan’s conservative society.
Rave in Riyadh
Women and the Bassline
Report by Vanessa Juercke
Camera Vanessa Juercke
Edit Oliver Kölle
Channel Deutsche Welle
12:30 min
Only a few years ago, it was hard to imagine a Saudi woman working in the music industry, but the kingdom is changing. MDLBeast is an electronic music festival, the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia and the region. In attendance, are hundreds of thousands of music fans and more than one hundred DJs, including Dorar, Solskin and Kayan. For the women, it’s an exciting time, exploring a new found freedom and professional opportunities.
From Kabul to Berlin
Hamed and Fashion
Report by Vanessa Juercke
Channel Deutsche Welle
Editor DW Kerstin Hilt
Camera Afghanistan Theresa Breuer
Edit Oliver Kölle
12:30 min
"Even though I'm still breathing, I'm dead," says Hamed Valy in Kabul, three months after the Taliban took power. In 2019, he founded "Modelstan": a modeling agency with which he wanted to bring fashion and a modern image to Afghanistan. But with the takeover of the Taliban, his dream is over. Women who show off their bodies are a disgrace to the self-appointed guardians of morality and are considered prostitutes. Hamed receives death threats and decides to leave his homeland. With help from the NGO Kabul Luftbrücke he travels to Pakistan and a little later to Germany. In Berlin Hamed Valy continues to pursue his Afghan fashion dream.
A Documentary Series by
Vanessa Schlesier, Ronald Rist
and Antje Boehmert
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban take over power in Afghanistan, two weeks later the last US Air Force plane leaves Kabul. The military evacuation is over. But there are still tens of thousands of people in the country who need an airlift because their lives are in danger as local workers, media professionals, artists or human rights activists. Many of them are hoping for Kabul Luftbrücke (Eng: Airlift) - a small NGO in Berlin founded by a handful of journalists and activists. They decide to evacuate people on their own initiative. Anyone who has been accepted into Germany can turn to the initiative and wait for safe passage to leave Kabul for Pakistan in the shadows of the night.
The series documents how former local forces manage to leave the country, how children who were separated from their parents during the flight hope to be reunited and how young women decide to no longer bow to the Taliban's rules.
Additional Camera Knut Schmitz, Sven Klöpper, Eva Beyer, Vanessa Juercke, Herta Mirea, Katharina Schiele
Editor rbb Ute Beutler
Production by DOCDAYS Productions
LA LUCHA SIGUE
EL CASO AYOTZINAPA
Der Kampf geht weiter
Der Fall Ayotzinapa
Dokumentarfilm von Vanessa Juercke
Regie Vanessa Juercke
Kamera Karl Byrnison
Schnitt Horacio Romo Mercado, Vinzenz Lehnert
Ton Peter Weinsheimer
Im September 2014 verschwanden 43 Studenten. Kurz zuvor wurden sie von der Polizei in Iguala, Mexiko, festgenommen. Den Eltern der Verschwundenen wurde mitgeteilt, dass ihre Söhne tot seien, von Drogenhändlern ermordet und verbrannt auf einer Mülllippe. So lautete die offizielle Version der Regierung - doch die Eltern glaubten diese nicht. Mithilfe internationaler Organisationen und Druck durch die Öffentlichkeit konnten sie beweisen, dass die mexikanische Regierung sie, das mexikanische Volk und die Welt belog.
Nach all den Jahren haben die Frauen und Männer die Suche nach ihren Söhnen nicht aufgegeben. Jeden Monat demonstrieren sie in Mexiko-Stadt. Sie tun alles, um dafür zu sorgen, dass der Fall Ayotzinapa nicht vergessen wird. 98% der Verbrechen in Mexiko bleiben unaufgeklärt. Die Zahl 43 und der Ortsname Ayotzinapa stehen für den Kampf gegen einen Riesen namens mexikanische Korruption.