BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29371@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:FILM SCREENING + Q&A |  Challenging Food Narratives with About Our Journey and I’MPOSSIBLE. DTSTAMP:20261022T192605Z DTSTART:20261111T190000Z DESCRIPTION:FILM SCREENING + Q&A | Challenging Food Narratives with About O ur Journey and\nI’MPOSSIBLE.\n\n\nWho gets to tell stories about food and migration\, and which perspectives are\nleft out? Join us for a night abou t global inequality and hidden perspectives\nbehind foods we consume. In t his program\, we will screen two different\nethnographic films\, each chal lenging dominant narratives around consumption in\ntheir own way. After sc reening their documentaries\, ethnographers Elvira Mora\nand Leon Cronie w ill join the audience for a Q&A session. Get ready to step out\nof your co mfort zone and be confronted with uncomfortable realities of ethical\ncons umption\, abusive migrant labour and exploitation of workers. The\ncontemp orary urban lifestyle requires exploitation through labour and structural\ ninequality. On\none hand\, labour migrants\, mostly from the Global South \, are expected to harvest\nour veggies in\nthe most terrible working cond itions violating all kinds of laws\, while European\npolitical and social\ ndiscourses are becoming increasingly xenophobic\, portraying them as inhu mane or\neven\ncriminals. On the other\, farmers in the Global South are s uffocating due to\nWestern companies\ndemanding extremely high quality pro ducts\, aligned with consumers’ demand for\nethical\, organic\nproducts. M arketing executives work hard to make us believe that by making the\nright choices\, by\nbeing a ‘conscious consumer’\, we can change the lives of d isadvantaged\ncommunities abroad —\nwhile high profits are still being mad e by exploiting local farmers and their\nresources. Voices from within mar ginalised communities who actually produce our\nfoods are rarely present i n these stories. In Visual Anthropology\, there has\nbeen a movement to ch ange that: ethnographers are making efforts to work\ntogether with local c ommunities\, instead of producing research about them.\nElvira Mora and Le on Cronie decided to follow this participatory method in their\nfilmmaking efforts. For their graduation projects\, they carried out fieldwork in\nS pain and Indonesia as part of different projects\, with the same mission.\ nWhether about coffee or about migration\, they both challenge narratives about\nrepresentation of the Other\, to combat hidden power dynamics withi n ethnographic\nfilming. Join us for a screening of their films at Studio /K’s intimate space\nSK4. After watching the documentaries together\, we’l l dive deeper into the topic\nwith Elvira and Leon. November 11th\n20:00 – 21:30\nStudio/K\, SK4 Free entry About Our Journey (2025) is a film set i n both The\nNetherlands and Indonesia\, about narratives that dominate the specialty coffee\nindustry. In these hopeful “coffee origin stories”\, co ffee farmers in the Global\nSouth are perfect victims\, while the Western coffee importer is presented as the\nhero. By paying a little extra for a cup of high-quality coffee\, consumers are\nled to believe they can change lives of local farmers. How can we believe such\nstories when many coffee -producing communities are still living in poverty\,\ndespite the ubiquity of heartwarming coffee stories in urban\, cosmopolitan\nspaces? For his g raduation project\, part of the Masters’ Visual Ethnography\,\nLeon Cronie set out to find ‘the truth’ behind coffee origin stories by\ntravelling t o Sumatra\, Indonesia. Talking to industry representatives and\nfarmers ho wever\, he finds that his mission may be more complicated than\nexpected. Does he himself have the right to tell this story? I’MPOSSIBLE (2025)\nfol lows Abdellah\, Rachid\, Mohamed\, Toufik\, and Saikou\, five men who migr ated to\nEurope in search of better opportunities and now work in the gree nhouse industry\nof Almería\, southeast Spain. Through their testimonies\, daily routines\, and the\nuse of participatory filmmaking\, the film expl ores the link between migrant\nlabour exploitation and the precarious livi ng conditions in informal\nsettlements. Due to their documentation status\ , exploitative labour\, and the\nabsence of housing solutions\, many migra nts in Almería endure daily struggles:\nunreliable water and electricity\, extreme summer heat\, poor waste management\,\nand social marginalisation . By placing the camera in the hands of some\nparticipants and filming oth ers in close collaboration\, I’MPOSSIBLE moves beyond\nvictimisation and s hows migration as a state rather than an essence.The film\ninvites viewers to reflect on representational authority and the power relations\nembedde d in migration images\, which increased after the so-called\n“migration/re fugee crisis” of 2015. It challenges essentialising portrayals of\nmigrant s as an exotic ‘other’ by offering an alternative mode of representation\n in which the protagonists tell their own story with dignity and agency. Le on\nCronie is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. His work brings together\na wide range of themes\, from stories about coffee to the Pales tinian cause\,\nalways taking a decolonial perspective as his starting poi nt. Armed with a\ncamera\, he focuses on the struggle for justice\, not as a neutral fly-on-the-wall\nobserver but as an active participant. He is c urrently working on a documentary\nabout the deep mistrust felt by young p eople of colour towards the police. On\nInstagram and YouTube\, he uploads short videos about injustice\, from the right\nto protest to racism in fo otball. Elvira Mora is a graduate of the Visual\nEthnography specialisatio n in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at\nLeiden University . Her first project as a visual ethnographer focuses on\nmigration\, labou r exploitation\, and participatory filmmaking in Campos de Níjar\,\nAlmerí a (Spain). Her personal connection to the territory where she grew up\nmot ivated her\, alongside her mother Teresa as her collaborator\, to seek a d eeper\nunderstanding of the reality migrants face in the agroindustrial se ctor. Working\non this project has strengthened her awareness of why parti cipatory methods are\nessential to preserve migrant voices in multimodal p rojects. For her future\ncareer\, she is determined to develop visual part icipatory projects focused on\nmigration and gender studies. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/film-screening-qanda-or-challenging-foo d-narratives-with-about-our-journey-and-impossible GEO:52.3651201;4.9359245 LOCATION:Studio K - Timorplein 62\, 1094 CC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-oost,community,documentary,film,food,gende r,indische buurt,q&a,refugees,stories,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

FILM SCREENING + Q&A | Chal lenging Food Narratives with About Our Journey and I’MPOSSIBL E.

Who gets to tell stories about food and migration, and which perspectives are left out? Join us for a night about global inequality and hidden perspectives behind foods we consume. In this program, we will screen two different ethnographic films, each challengin g dominant narratives around consumption in their own way. After screening their documentaries, ethnographers Elvira Mora and Leon Cronie will join the audience for a Q&A session. Get ready to step out of your comfort zone and be confronted with uncomfortable realities of ethical consumption , abusive migrant labour and exploitation of workers. The contem porary urban lifestyle requires exploitation through labour and structural inequality. On
one hand, labour migrants, mostly from the Global Sout h, are expected to harvest our veggies in
the most terrible working co nditions violating all kinds of laws, while European political and social< br> discourses are becoming increasingly xenophobic, portraying them as in humane or even
criminals. On the other, farmers in the Global South ar e suffocating due to Western companies
demanding extremely high qualit y products, aligned with consumers’ demand for ethical, organic
produc ts. Marketing executives work hard to make us believe that by making the r ight choices, by
being a ‘conscious consumer’, we can change the lives of disadvantaged communities abroad —
while high profits are still be ing made by exploiting local farmers and their resources. Voices from with in marginalised communities who actually produce our foods are rarely pres ent in these stories. In Visual Anthropology, there has been a movement to change that: ethnographers are making efforts to work together with local communities, instead of producing research about them. Elvira Mora and Le on Cronie decided to follow this participatory method in their filmmaking efforts. For their graduation projects, they carried out fieldwork in Spai n and Indonesia as part of different projects, with the same mission. Whet her about coffee or about migration, they both challenge narratives about representation of the Other, to combat hidden power dynamics within ethnog raphic filming. Join us for a screening of their films at Studio /K’s inti mate space SK4. After watching the documentaries together, we’ll dive deep er into the topic with Elvira and Leon. November 11th
20:00 – 21:30 Studio/K, SK4 Free entry About Our Journey (2025) is a film set in both The Netherlands and Indonesia, about narratives that do minate the specialty coffee industry. In these hopeful “coffee origin stor ies”, coffee farmers in the Global South are perfect victims, while the We stern coffee importer is presented as the hero. By paying a little extra f or a cup of high-quality coffee, consumers are led to believe they can cha nge lives of local farmers. How can we believe such stories when many coff ee-producing communities are still living in poverty, despite the ubiquity of heartwarming coffee stories in urban, cosmopolitan spaces? For his gra duation project, part of the Masters’ Visual Ethnography, Leon Cronie set out to find ‘the truth’ behind coffee origin stories by travelling to Suma tra, Indonesia. Talking to industry representatives and farmers however, h e finds that his mission may be more complicated than expected. Does he hi mself have the right to tell this story? I’MPOSSIBLE (2025) follows Abdellah, Rachid, Mohamed, Toufik, and Saikou, five men who mig rated to Europe in search of better opportunities and now work in the gree nhouse industry of Almería, southeast Spain. Through their testimonies, da ily routines, and the use of participatory filmmaking, the film explores t he link between migrant labour exploitation and the precarious living cond itions in informal settlements. Due to their documentation status, exploit ative labour, and the absence of housing solutions, many migrants in Almer ía endure daily struggles: unreliable water and electricity, extreme summe r heat, poor waste management, and social marginalisation. By placing the camera in the hands of some participants and filming others in close colla boration, I’MPOSSIBLE moves beyond victimisation and shows migration as a state rather than an essence.The film invites viewers to reflect on repres entational authority and the power relations embedded in migration images, which increased after the so-called “migration/refugee crisis” of 2015. I t challenges essentialising portrayals of migrants as an exotic ‘other’ by offering an alternative mode of representation in which the protagonists tell their own story with dignity and agency. Leon Cronie is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. His work brings together a wide range of themes, from stories about coffee to the Palestinian cause , always taking a decolonial perspective as his starting point. Armed with a camera, he focuses on the struggle for justice, not as a neutral fly-on -the-wall observer but as an active participant. He is currently working o n a documentary about the deep mistrust felt by young people of colour tow ards the police. On Instagram and YouTube, he uploads short videos about i njustice, from the right to protest to racism in football. Elvira Mora is a graduate of the Visual Ethnography specialisation in Cu ltural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University. Her fi rst project as a visual ethnographer focuses on migration, labour exploita tion, and participatory filmmaking in Campos de Níjar, Almería (Spain). He r personal connection to the territory where she grew up motivated her, al ongside her mother Teresa as her collaborator, to seek a deeper understand ing of the reality migrants face in the agroindustrial sector. Working on this project has strengthened her awareness of why participatory methods a re essential to preserve migrant voices in multimodal projects. For her fu ture career, she is determined to develop visual participatory projects fo cused on migration and gender studies. BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:FILM SCREENING + Q&A |  Challenging Food Narratives with About Our Journey and I’MPOSSIBLE. TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR