Counterpoints in Conversation radio series on Resonance FM.
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The broadcast series brings together socially engaged artists, filmmakers, writers, and activists reshaping how we think about displacement, racial and climate justice, and social change. Across six episodes, we ask how different forms of artistic expression can shift what we believe is possible when imagining a fairer and more just world.
Hosted by DJ, broadcaster, and curator, Gaby D’Annunzio, we’re kicking things off with film – exploring the medium’s potential to challenge dominant narratives and make space for stories that are more human, honest, and representative of different experiences of displacement.
In this first episode, we’re joined by Counterpoints Productions Lead Ornella Mutoni, who also directed short film, ‘The Things We Don’t Say’, which explores complex journeys of healing in post-genocide societies. Joining her is the award-winning filmmaker Maria Marrone. Maria’s recently commissioned documentary ‘Rendered in Light’, follows a software engineer in Gaza creating vital spaces of care for community healing under siege.
Follow the conversation across monthly shows and you will meet inspiring and talented artists, covering different experiences of migration and art making. The broadcasts are live on last Friday each month at 5.30pm or listen to it in the link in bio. You can then catch up with each episode on Resonance FM 104.4 FM, and in Counterpoints’ archive.
About Ornella Mutoni:
Ornella is a Pop Culture and Social Change Producer at Counterpoints Arts. She is also a documentary director, producer, and cultural worker whose work tenderly explores collective healing and the legacy of trauma through intimate storytelling.
About Maria Marrone:
Maria is an emerging documentary filmmaker and photographer. She received her undergraduate degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her master’s from the London School of Oriental & African Studies. Her cinematography, editing and co-direction in her first film, the ritual to beauty, won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance and received nominations at BlackStar Film Festival, HotDocs, and BFI London Film Festival. She has been part of the edit team for award-winning films has dedicated much of her work to films that promote social change, most notably for the Muslim, Latinx, and Afro-Latinx diaspora. She has used her talents to create moving pieces for charities working out of Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. Her photography work has been featured in a series of publications including VICE, DazedDigital, and Latina Magazine.
