On Choosing Love (No Matter What) | Deeyah Khan

About this episode

Deeyah Khan discusses her work as a documentary filmmaker addressing critical social issues.

Two time Emmy and Peabody Award winning Documentary Filmmaker Deeyah Khan has dedicated over a decade of her life to making empathetic and unflinching films which deal with some of the most important and polarizing issues confronting our world today; extremism, violence against women, inequality, racism and social exclusion. Deeyah has filmed with: battle-hardened jihadis, members of armed militia groups, American domestic terrorists and white supremacists, And t...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Steinfeldt

Guest: Deeyah Khan

Topics covered

• love
• empathy
• extremism
• violence against women
• inequality
• racism
• social exclusion

Keywords

• documentary
• filmmaker
• extremism
• violence
• inequality
• racism
• social issues

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