Artiola takes us on a quirky journey through her quiet hometown in Kosovo, playfully musing about the effects of the Corona pandemic, even asking the animals what they think of quarantine…
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CONTRA: Los Angeles, U.S.
Contra turns 21 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and even though she doesn’t get to celebrate as planned, she shares how spending her teen years battling serious depression actually prepared her well for the disappointment, anxiety, and isolation of lockdown. A courageous share, she blows out her candles facing a still uncertain future, like so many millennials.
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FIRST MOUNTAIN WOMAN GUIDE OF KOSOVO
A beautiful portrait about Kosovo’s first ever Mountain Guide Woman, Arbërita Kollçaku. Produced by Shqipdona Ademaj
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ARYAN: AFGHANISTAN
Aryan, a 15-year old refugee from Afghanistan, tries to video her living center in Berlin but is not allowed to show the crowded conditions, with many refugees coming and going, and the difficulty of maintaining social distance. When her family is moved to a remote location in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, she wonders what her future holds.
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NAOMI: London, U.K.
Naomi is concerned about her friend Rita who was forced to leave university and return home to a domestic violence situation during the Covid-19 crisis. She investigates the larger question of people’s overall mental health, and in particular the frontline NHS workers, how they may experience ongoing trauma even after the pandemic.
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HIYAB: LOS ANGELES
Taking part in the nationwide racial justice protests against police brutality, violence and murder, Hiyab shares how difficult this moment in history is for young black women. “Their leadership has given me hope, has given me healing.” -
YENIFER; GUATEMALA
Yenifer, a teenager from Guatemala, struggles with the death of her grandmother, who died from lung and heart problems because she wasn’t able to access the public clinic during Covid-19. -
VIOLENCE CANNOT STEAL OUR HONOR
The video describes the state of the raped Women of Kosovo during the war in 1998-1999, their life today and the art installation in the stadium of Prishtina, supporting these women.
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PRECIOUS: Los Angeles, U.S.
Precious, one of our L.A. based GlobalGirl Media reporters, worries about how the Corona crisis is effecting unhoused and incarcerated people, so she (safely) takes to the streets to find out.
