On this episode of the All Sorts of Shorts podcast we brought three short films that focused on race.
We were joined by documentary filmmaker Arnica Miakista. She’s the create of the documentary I,COOLIE which focuses on the indentured Indian women who were shipped across the seas from India to Africa. Set in Durban, South Africa, the story follows a young South African Indian woman as she tries to trace her family history all the way back to the 1860’s.
We talk about the documentary and the different topics and themes it explores before getting into the race short films: