‘The cameraman’ Jon Alpert

Ettioné Ferreira On the last Saturday of the National Arts Festival, whilst the streets were filled with festival-goers, the journalism students huddled up in the boardroom of the Africa Media Matrix to get an opportunity to meet renowned American documentary filmmaker, Jon Alpert. ‌Alpert discussed some of his documentaries as well as experiences around the filmmakingContinue reading “‘The cameraman’ Jon Alpert”

‘Becoming Who I Was’

Ettioné Ferreira In 2013, Rhodes University School of Journalism alumna, Jin Jeon, joined a documentary film project later known as, ‘Becoming Who I Was’. Little did she know that she would spend eight years in the Himalayas and later receive an award for the work at the Berlin International Film Festival. Jeon produced and co-directedContinue reading “‘Becoming Who I Was’”