Ornella Mutoni
ornellamutoni.bsky.social
Ornella Mutoni
@ornellamutoni.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker | Cultural Worker | Pop Culture & Social Change Producer @Counterpoints

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Watch my short doc, The Things We Don't Say on the Guardian docs: www.theguardian.com/the-things-we-don't-say
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For people curious about the South African Expropriation Act, here’s an interesting rundown from Zoé Samudzi in @thefunambulist.bsky.social, worth subscribing for if you’re not a subscriber:

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Deferred Land Reform vs. Settler Capital in Post-Apartheid South Africa
PHOTOS BY MPHO MATHEOLANE On January 23, 2025, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act, 2024 that allows the state to expropriate land without financial compensation.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Honoured to have been nominated for the Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist at the Amnesty Media Awards last night.

Congrats to all the winners and nominees. So many powerful speeches including this one in this article from Owen Jones

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Owen Jones's speech at the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards: a scathing indictment of Western media failures to report fully on the atrocities of Gaza - AOAV
At the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards, Owen Jones delivered a blistering speech accusing Western media of actively participating in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, calling for accountability and warn...
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June 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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This powerful film by @ornellamutoni.bsky.social captures group counselling sessions for children of the Rwandan genocide as they navigate their trauma, attempt to mend family relationships, and endeavour to find a hard-earned hope in the process
Children of the Rwandan genocide face a unique stigma 30 years later | Aeon Videos
Thirty years after the Rwandan genocide, a therapist helps young adults born from rape navigate stigma and family trauma
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April 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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one of key functions of immigration raids & crackdowns is not to actually deport all migrants/refugees but to deepen conditions of social precarity & labor deportability. to make migrants more vulnerable to exploitation from bosses & landlords & banks, and to create scapegoats for austerity policies
January 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Israeli forces block ambulances from entering Jenin and its refugee camp during "Operation Iron Wall," leaving Palestinians "bleeding out in the streets" as at least 10 are killed and dozens wounded.

🔴 LIVE updates:
Israel kills 10 in West Bank raid as 120 bodies found in Gaza over two days
Israeli attacks on occupied West Bank intensify as Trump’s UN pick says Israel has ‘biblical right’ to the territory.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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🌙 We are happy to share with you our new issue "The Night" (January–February 2025)!

This issue contests the idea that the lack of sunlight characterizing the Night, means that we “see” less in darkness than we do in broad daylight. In fact, the refraction of sunlight in the Earth’s atmosphere...
January 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Watch my short doc, The Things We Don't Say on the Guardian docs: www.theguardian.com/the-things-we-don't-say
December 9, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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I escaped Rwanda genocide as a baby. I returned to find my generation has buried its pain | Ornella Mutoni
I escaped Rwanda genocide as a baby. I returned to find my generation has buried its pain | Ornella Mutoni
My Guardian documentary, The Things We Don’t Say, focuses on complex stories of healing in a country where many are putting on a brave face * Watch The Things We Don’t Say I was six months old when I survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in…
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December 3, 2024 at 12:17 PM