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	When Lou Met... Kim Longinotto - Interview with Kim Longinotto	Thu 18 Mar 12:00pm

When Lou Met ...

Broadcaster and journalist Lou Bolch interviews Kim Longinotto, one of Britain's top social documentary makers about her work and what she is trying to achieve.

The interview is followed by three of her films - Divorce Iranian Style, Sisters in Law and The Day I'll Never Forget.

In When Lou Met ... Kim Longinotto, the filmmaker talks about the extraordinary people she meets in her films and how she tries to enable their voice and strength to shine through.  

Illustrated by clips from each film, the interview reveals what Kim is looking for in particular scenes that tell her characters' stories in such a powerful way.

Also discussed are Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go and her latest film Rough Aunties about a remarkable group of women who care for the abused and neglected children of Durban, South Africa. 

Rough Aunties won the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

"I like it when a documentary has the same constraints as fiction, when it doesn't have to give you a lesson or teach you what to think and is just an emotional experience," says Kim.

Other documentaries by Kim Longinotto