Overheard At National Geographic: Documenting Democracy
Andrea Bruce speaks on the Overheard At National Geographic Podcast.
She shares how her experiences as a war photographer in the Middle East shapes the way she’s chronicling democracy in America in 2020.
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Andrea Bruce's Project "Our Democracy" in National Geographic
How Americans are Experiencing their Democracy
Andrea Bruce has spent the past four years documenting a divided nation; exploring how American citizens interpret the concept of democracy in their nation. Read the full article here.
Jon Lowenstein featured on Channel 4 News
We’ve been speaking to one African-American man about the very ordinary, everyday racist attack he faced.
Vauhxx Booker, a young black activist in rural Indiana was assaulted and threatened with a lynching – the age-old means of terrorising black people – when he went for a walk in the woods with his friends.
For the full story, watch here: channel4.com/news/black-activist-threatened-with-lynching-in-rural-indiana
Nina Berman in The Economist covering U.S Election
A Philadelphia story: on the streets of America’s most crucial swing state
For The Economist, Nina Berman traveled to Pennsylvania to document how this key swing-state might change the face of the US presidential election.
Photo London & NIKON/NOOR Live Instagram Panels
Make sure to check out the Nikon-NOOR Photo London Panel with Kadir van Lohuizen, Olga Kravets and Pep Bonet on Wednesday, 14 October, 1 pm BS!
Olga Kravets/NOOR
The Aftermath Project Lecture Series
Behind the screen with Jon Lowenstein
John Lowenstein discussed his documentary 'The Advocate' during a KnownOrigin livestream.
I exist: European stories of islamophobia
I exist is a group exhibition of five NOOR authors. The narratives of I exist seek to perform a challenging task: amplify the voice of those often marginalised in the contemporary discussion of Islam and its role in Europe.
Bringing together the work of Nina Berman, Tanya Habjouqa, Olga Kravets, Bénédicte Kurzen and Sebastián Liste, I exist shares the personal stories of Muslims in Spain, France, Belgium and Italy, hoping to live as citizens but othered in a hyper-visible and critical reality.
The exhibition will take place from the 4th of September to 10th of October, 2020 (Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 21:00) at Melkweg Expo, Marnixstraat 409 1071PJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
To visit the exhibition, a free online reservation by email is required. Claim your reservation by sending an email to rsvp@melkweg.nl with your time of arrival and your name and mobile number. In addition, we kindly ask everyone above the age of 13 to wear a face mask in the exhibition space.
The Advocate Film Crowdfunding Campaign
© Jon Lowenstein / NOOR
Support Jon Lowenstein's crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming feature-length documentary film, THE ADVOCATE, examining the journey of Jedidiah Brown and several other African-American community activists searching for ways to create a sustainable life while relentlessly fighting for justice in their community on Chicago's South Side.
The Advocate follows activist Jedidiah Brown’s struggle over a 4 year period to construct a healthy identity and personal meaning from the ashes of an utterly dispossessed, segregated and neglected post-industrial community on Chicago’s South Side. The film will help people understand the extraordinary levels of hard work, sacrifice and trauma experienced by individual young advocates in the United States in order to make our country a better place to live for everyone. This is an unmistakably Chicago story, but it echoes a timeless narrative in world literature, native cultures, even religious scriptures: this story is about fighting for one’s home.
At its core, The Advocate is about community, loss, resilience, and the highly personal struggle to construct viable identities and lives in a place offering few functional models for young people. Jedidiah’s story provides a personal account of what it means to fight for something larger than yourself, almost lose everything, survive, and rebuild. Through it all we see these young people challenging and changing the rigid and highly segregated social landscape that is the Second City.