RLTS002 Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Shafiur Rahman

For over a decade now documentarian Shafiur Rahman has been bring us images and voices of people who even in an era of hyper media, are rarely noticed. They are the undocumented, the untouchable, the imprisoned, and oppressed; and they live in rich and poor countries throughout this world.
For this second episode of our new podcast adventure, Shafiur joins us to present his work with refugees in the infamous "Calais Jungle", River People in Bangladesh, and migrants trapped in Libya.. to name just a few of his powerful projects. How do we begin to understand so much of this human made suffering, and what is or can be done to alleviate it? How does Shafiur approach each topic and accomplish such difficult work? These questions and more on today's edition of the Realities Podcast.

Mark Fonseca Rendeiro

in Amsterdam, NL


Host







Mark Fonseca Rendeiro @ RLTS002 Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Shafiur Rahman

Shafiur Rahman

in London, UK


Guest

(function() {
var s = document.createElement('script'), t = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.async = true;
s.src = 'https://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t);
})();

For more than a decade he’s been learning about and presenting the stories of some of the most marginalized and ignored people in the world. From the River Gypsies of Bangladesh to the refugees trapped in the infamous Calais Jungle in France, Shafiur Rahman has been there and brought their stories out to the world. What compels him to pursue such stories? What has he learned along the way, and how does it all work as far as surviving as a documentary producer in this harsh media climate? Today on the Realities Podcast, we hear from the man himself on all these topics and more.

Shafiur Rahman’s Website (follow specific links to twitter, fb, vimeo videos, instagram)
Support the Crowdfunding Campaign: “School Room for River Gypsy Kids”
Opening Music Credit: Qawwal Shahabuddin from Geneva Camp recorded at Sound Corner, Mohammadpur
Photos (various in album art) by Shafiur Rahman

window.podcastDataa30171d63d1714 = {"title":"Realities","subtitle":"Personal missions. Passionate people.","description":"There are people in this world who are driven by an inner mission. A drive to create, observe, understand, and impact the world around them.","cover":"http:\/\/realitiespodcast.com\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/f6\/12010f5ca4b1a12ad3706578966372\/realities_400x400.png","feeds":[{"type":"audio","format":"mp3","url":"http:\/\/realitiespodcast.com\/feed\/mp3\/","variant":"high","directory-url-itunes":"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/id1037532385"}]};

if (typeof SubscribeButton == 'undefined') {

document.write(unescape("%3Cscript class=\"podlove-subscribe-button\" src=\"http://realitiespodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/lib/modules/subscribe_button/dist/javascripts/app.js\" data-json-data=\"podcastDataa30171d63d1714\" data-language=\"en\" data-size=\"small\" data-format=\"cover\" data-style=\"filled\" data-color=\"#75ad91\"> %3E%3C/script%3E"));

// hide uninitialized button
window.setTimeout(function() {
iframes = document.querySelectorAll('.podlove-subscribe-button-iframe')
for (i = 0; i < iframes.length; ++i) {
if (!iframes[i].style.width && !iframes[i].style.height) {
iframes[i].style.display = 'none';
}
}
}, 5000);

}