June 7, 2009 18:39

The history of racism – a tv documentary

I shot a documentary segment in Ghana, West Africa for UR, The Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company- Childrens Televsion Department. The tv-series A history of racism aired in late 2009 on Swedish public service television. The trailer was edited by me but the final production will be done in-house at UR.

To a large extent this part of the Swedish/European and African history is not discussed in schools or otherwise, therefore the aim of this production is to complement the history books.

Photography: Benjamin Taft & Andreas Johnsen

Producer and interviewer: Teddy Goitom

Benjamin Taft is a filmmaker, director, dp, editor & motion designer from Sweden, currently based in Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with international and local clients such as H&M, Puma football, The Canadian Olympic Committee, Avigilon, Grolsch Block Party, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni, Santa Maria, Marcus Samuelson, UR Swedish broadcasting, BKW & MTV Sweden. He's also currently working on the documentary project Stocktown Africa and various personal short films and music videos.