Doruntina Basha: In Kosovo, placing a woman in the center of a story is a political act
Playwright and screenwriter talks about drama and film as efforts to document silenced experiences.
One-on-one | Film2024.02.22
If I don't agree politically with the work requirements, I don't take it on.
There is something very poetic in the way that theater transforms people into very soft and silent beings, who stay in darkness, without speaking and watch with great attention something fictional in front of them.
Every time a woman tells her truth, the responsible institutions choose to ignore it.
Aurela Kadriu
Aurela Kadriu is a sociologist, researcher and cultural manager. Her research on memory, socio-urbanism, gender and human rights is focused on the recent history of Kosovo and the former Yugoslavia. She is the Program Director of Qendra Multimedia — a cultural organization dealing with cultural production, focused on contemporary theater and literature.
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