Thursday 18th Aug I jump into an ongoing workshop which started on Monday with the guess from Western Sahara it was a frantic day with a million and one things going on. Phone calls from Malmo local newspaper were always interupting the flow of the workshop.
The first part of the session was to introduce the group to a selection of films made by Råfilm and concluded with an existing film they’d done together about situation in occupied territory of Western Sahara. The title of the film was called Three Stolen Cameras.
I was mortified at what i saw in the film, most of the footage came from concealed cameras and at some point in the film you could see the the riot police spotting tge people with these hidden cameras.
Once spotted their cameras would be converscated hence the title of the film.
2nd part of the session would be a brainstorming exercise about new ideas and themes regarding presenting relvealing footage in another way. So myself included we sat round and wrote ideas on post it notes and out them in the wall once we’d finished.
One by one, me included we’d present our ideas and the rest of the group woukd of course feedback their thoughts.
All in all it was an eye opener for me, as i wasn’t aware of this problem they had with the Moroccan government. But once again it was good to see how Råfilm Collective approached this in their unique way.
