Beyond the Divide's Imoje Aikhoje on bringing an ex-Neo-Nazi and Black British activist together for new film

Beyond the Divide's Imoje Aikhoje on bringing an ex-Neo-Nazi and Black British activist together for new film

Getting an ex-Neo-Nazi and Black British activist together for an on-screen meeting almost sounds like it could be the start of a very awkward joke.Thankfully, it's not but it is the dynamic at the heart of Beyond the Divide, which is just one part of a wider conversation on extremist thinking that director Imoje Aikhoje has been ruminating on for some time.As part of this year's cohort of Netflix Documentary Talent Fund films that premiered at …

Imoje Aikhoje among filmmakers: Netflix Documentary Talent Fund films premiere at Raindance - Alt A Review

The six winning films from this year’s Netflix Documentary Talent Fund premiered at the Raindance Film Festival. Three of these – The Angry Bird, The Herring Queen and The Good Farmer and the Failed Son – have also been nominated for the Oscar®-qualifying “Best Documentary Short” Raindance jury award. Now in its third year, the Fund champions the next generation of documentary storytellers. The winning filmmakers were selected from thousands of …