Thanks for the review to Linda Sloane from Antropologen.nl! It's from the Dutch Anthropology Society, highlighting the methods used. It acknowledges the triangle of film making, activism and anthropology.

"The importance of autonomy and self-determination overcoming is...

In spring 2017 we went to Lesvos to support directly. In order not to come back with empty hands, Laura made a documentary about what we experienced there. Lesvos: Beautiful Prison takes you to this bizarre, contrasting world, that the European outer border has become:...

Laura is working extremely hard to finish the documentary. The result will be shown on the 16th of September in the Dobbelmannkloster (Dobbelmannweg 1). Doors open at 19:00. Movie starts at 20:00. Come and share!

Last weekend visitors of De Kaaij dived into the world of autonomous living on Lesvos. The gate to this peculiar world was a metal container under the bridge. This container housed an audiovisual installation featuring a fragment of Laura’s documentary “Lesvos: beautif...

The premiere of the movie is still a few weeks ago. We use the time in between to bring some fragments, messages, notes from Lesvos to the streets of Nijmegen. First there will be a small installation in a container at de Kaaij in Nijmegen. In the weeks afterwards we w...

My name is Laura, I am an anthropologist and activist turned documentary film maker.

I believe in the power of communities and social movements. I want to advocate strongly to get involved and to be a critical part of this society.

Because this is how this movie was born...

Laura sat down with VOX, a magazine published by Raboud University Nijmegen. They wrote a portrait about her and the documentary in the making. You can find the English version here and the Dutch version here.

Enjoy reading!

Hello!

I have been back in the Netherlands for about two weeks now. Time to let some thoughts and emotions settle.
I’ve seen the darkness of enforced EU policy. And I’ve seen the light of incredible humans, fighters, activists, locals and refugees.

The last month on Lesv...

Hello friends, it’s Laura, I’m sharing here this video with you, featuring some of the footage shot during our stay on Lesvos. From personal experience I can tell you that it would be pretty bad, if No Border Kitchen Lesvos couldn’t continue doing their job- which is f...