Bafta-nominated filmmaker updates on next project, which will chronicle the sex trade in Paris.
Dionne Walker is riding high this year after receiving a Bafta nomination in the Outstanding British Debut category for documentary The Hard Stop.
The film told the story of the 2011 London riots, which were sparked by the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of armed police.
Walker produced that doc with director George Amponsah and she is now plotting her own feature debut as a director, Invisible Woman 2.0 (on which Amponsah is a co-producer), which is participating in the MeetMarket at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking to Screen from Paris, where she is researching the new film, Walker says that while the Bafta recognition was “amazing” and will hopefully ramp up interest in her projects, she sees Invisible Woman 2.0 as a “different beast” because she is directing.
Invisible Woman 2.0
Walker’s approach to filmmaking is guerrilla in nature, and she favours...
Dionne Walker is riding high this year after receiving a Bafta nomination in the Outstanding British Debut category for documentary The Hard Stop.
The film told the story of the 2011 London riots, which were sparked by the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of armed police.
Walker produced that doc with director George Amponsah and she is now plotting her own feature debut as a director, Invisible Woman 2.0 (on which Amponsah is a co-producer), which is participating in the MeetMarket at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking to Screen from Paris, where she is researching the new film, Walker says that while the Bafta recognition was “amazing” and will hopefully ramp up interest in her projects, she sees Invisible Woman 2.0 as a “different beast” because she is directing.
Invisible Woman 2.0
Walker’s approach to filmmaking is guerrilla in nature, and she favours...
- 6/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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