Twerk For Yemen
What can we do to stop the war in Yemen? An engaging documentarist pokes into our complacency and apathy towards injustice that does directly impact our daily lives.
Filmmaker Tanja Holm takes to the streets of Stockholm to ask passers-by what we should do with the war in Yemen. The reactions and answers she gets are both disheartening and entertaining at the same time.
Director
Tanja Holm (b.1981) is Swedish journalist, author and filmmaker. She has a Master of Fine Arts from Stockholm University of the Arts, where she also studied documentary cinematography. Holm lived five years in Yemen, and upon her return to Sweden she wrote the book Yemen is good!. She directs documentaries and animations, among other themes about the war in Yemen. Her work has been screened at festivals and galleries both in Sweden and abroad. Her latest short Twerk For Yemen premiered at the filmfestival in Gothenburg in 2022.
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Original title Twerka for Jemen
Country Sweden
Year 2022
Director Tanja Holm
Screenplay Tanja Holm
Cinematography Tanja Holm
Producer Tanja Holm
Runtime 10m
Language Swedish, Arabic
Subtitles English
Genre Documentary, Short Film
Age limit 12