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After suffering monstrous childhood abuse, Jelena Stefulic has worked to reclaim her image and her identity. In the short documentary Jelena’s Song, she retraces her life for the Colombian-born director Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, using photographs, lyrical video fragments and her own powerful words to form a poetic account of her memories and a revitalised perspective on her past. Told with unflinching honesty as well as due care and sensitivity, the resulting film is a powerful meditation on trauma and personal transformation.
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Virtues and vices
Why Bennie tried to disappear, and what happened when he was found decades later
16 minutes
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History of technology
Curious singles and tech sceptics – what ‘computer dating’ looked like in 1966
6 minutes
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Cognition and intelligence
A father forgets his child’s name for the first time in this poetic reflection on memory
4 minutes
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Animals and humans
Join seabirds as they migrate, encountering human communities along the way
13 minutes
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Stories and literature
Two variants of a Hindu myth come alive in an animated ode to Indian storytelling
14 minutes
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Technology and the self
The commodified childhood – scenes from two sisters’ lives in the creator economy
14 minutes
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Food and drink
The passage of time is a peculiar thing in a 24-hour diner
14 minutes
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Art
Background music was the radical invention of a trailblazing composer
17 minutes
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Anthropology
For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business
30 minutes