Client: Cartooning for Peace
Cartooning for Peace commissioned these films to honour the laureates of the “International Press Cartoon Award” 2016. Filmed and conducted their interviews, and edited the clips.
Also filmed multicam, the Cartooning for Peace event, and filmed rushes on Zunar, for the feature documentary film ‘The Kleptocrats’, produced by Roast Beef Productions.
Languages: English and French
Relevant Links:
https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/dessinateurs/gado/
‘Zunar - cartoonist and bugbear of the Malaysian government’
Director, Cinematographer, Sound, Interview, Editor
2mins
2016
Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, the cartoonist better known as Zunar, is a symbol of the fight for freedom of expression in Malaysia and the government’s bugbear. Because of his cartoons denouncing the corruption in all layers of Malaysian society, he has been subjected to various kinds of persecution for nearly a decade including repeated detention, arrests of assistants and supporters, a travel ban, the closure of his website, the confiscation of his cartoons and a ban on his cartoon books. Last year he received the Cartooning for Peace – City of Geneva Prize for his courage and determination.
‘Gado, cartoonist and East African governments' nightmare’
Director, Cinematographer, Sound, Interview, Editor
4mins
2016
Godfrey Mwampembwa, alias Gado, is a Tanzanian cartoonist who has worked for over twenty years in Kenya. He shamelessly portrays politicians in East Africa and, more generally, Africa itself. For him, it is absolutely impossible to stop drawing. However, intimidations and threats have become daily events in recent years. Indeed, the freedom of expression in Kenya has decreased since Uhuru Kenyatta rose to power in 2013. Since 1992, Gado has worked for the Daily Nation newspaper, the principal newspaper of East Africa. After several cartoons depicting Kenyatta and his Vice-President Ruto’s shenanigans, in particular, following charges against them with the International Criminal Court, the newspaper’s management ceded to governmental pressure in February 2016 : Gado was dismissed. His commitment and determination to draw at all costs helped Gado win the City of Geneva – Swiss Foundation Cartooning for Peace Award.
Produced by True Heroes Films