22nd October 2024
Brothers in arms
Title of film: Hermanos (1.4 PREMIERE)
Director: Rachel McDonald
Production Company: Eleanor Drive Pictures / Biscuit Filmworks
How is our industry responding to the global political climate? Are we ignoring it, or do we, as creatives, feel a responsibility to speak up and challenge what we find unacceptable? Fresh from a win at Ciclope 2024, director Rachel McDonald - known for her work across commercials, music videos and narrative work - sits down with Niccolò Montanari to reflect on the human consequences of immigration, the responsibility of storytellers, and the impending U.S. elections alongside the release of her new short film Hermanos, which tells the story of two brothers fleeing Mexico with their mother, only to be separated at the U.S. border.
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