Shadowgraph
Do you find the chaos of the world overwhelming? Shadowgraph is here to help you navigate it through a nuanced style of political storytelling.
Escape to an otherworldly experience of the news in our weekly podcast with award-winning documentary filmmaker and videojournalist Ross Domoney as he guides you into the Sci-fi worlds of the modern political landscape.
Episodes
27 episodes
Shadowgraph updates - August 2024
In this podcast, we give you some updates on what we have been working on and the direction Shadowgraph will take in the future.
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5:29
Behind the lens - Palestine part 6
In this episode, Ross Domoney from Shadowgraph talks about the funerals of the Palestinian fighters and civilians killed in an Israeli army raid on Nur Shams refugee camp. We also delve into decision-making while battling the fatigue that can h...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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41:55
Behind the lens - Palestine part 5
In this episode, after getting put under siege in our West Bank hotel by the Israeli army, we finally enter Nur Shams refugee camp. In the aftermath of this raid, the occupation forces have left a vast trail of destruction. The residents of the...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:50
Behind the lens - Palestine part 4
In this episode, we get caught up in the most destructive Israeli army raid in the West Bank in decades. We discuss the calculated risks filmmakers take in hostile environments, especially during dangerous events like army raids. After a week o...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:27
Behind the lens - Palestine part 3
This episode features practical filmmaking advice and highlights the necessity of patience and flexibility. After an extended delay, we are granted entry to a refugee camp in the West Bank, inhabited by numerous armed Palestinian factions. Shad...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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27:01
Behind the lens - Palestine part 2
In this episode, we discuss how tricky it is to gain access and film in a hostile environment in the West Bank of Palestine when you do not have any connections to the area you want to work in. This story is part of Shadowgraph’s new podcast se...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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26:23
Behind the lens - Palestine part 1
In this new podcast series, Shadowgraph explores the intricacies of the filmmaking process, with some politics fed in along the way. These episodes are from our recent trip to Palestine, where we filmed a documentary about memory as a form of r...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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36:42
Light memory
We talk with photographer Rod Morris about black-and-white analogue photography as a tool for capturing memory and reading life through light.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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6:08
Shadowgraph updates
Catch up with the latest news about what we have been up to. Tomorrow, we will launch a crowdfund for our new film from Palestine, which offers a unique angle on the struggle to keep the memory alive. We are also launching an online shop that w...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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3:50
Stranded in a sea of Israel
In this episode, we get a rare insight into the state of Israel through the eyes of an anti-Zionist activist living in Haifa. Tom, who is Jewish, admits that because he has Israeli citizenship, he holds the status of a settler. He rejects this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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17:11
Seperation: the normalisation of violence in Palestine
Residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank of Palestine recently suffered the most destructive Israeli army raid since the second Intifada. In this episode, we speak to Waleed Samer, who is from the camp and was separated from his...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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7:01
Memories of displacement
We speak to Abed, a Palestinian English teacher living in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank. This camp was established by Palestinians who were made refugees in their own land after the 1948 Nakba, which means 'catastrophe' in Arabic. O...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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9:14
Crisis of conscience
We speak to the national director of Veterans for Peace in the US about a crisis of conscience among veterans and serving soldiers. This crisis came to a climax when Aaron Bushnell, a serving American soldier, recently self-immolated outside th...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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7:12
The politics of patience
As storytellers, to gain access to complex social landscapes we must embrace the politics of patience. In this episode, Shadowgraph gives some behind-the-scenes feelings to this process.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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3:56
Femicide outside the police station
Rage hits the streets of an Athenian suburb after a woman is killed by her ex-partner just meters away from the entrance of a police station, where she sought help. In this podcast, Shadowgraph speaks to demonstrators who have gathered to...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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6:17
Feminist victory in Greece
A massive scandal has rocked Greece involving the disturbing pimping, sexual assault and trafficking of a 12-year-old Athenian girl from a working-class neighbourhood called Kolonos. It is even alleged that members of the political high class, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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7:09
The doctor's struggle for the planet
As the climate crisis spirals out of control, we speak to Dr Patrick Hart about what has led him to take part in acts of sabotage and the medical tribunals he faces at work for his actions. This podcast is an existential conversation about the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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12:08
What's next for Shadowgraph?
Here is an update on what is coming next for Shadowgraph as our small independent media project gets ready to launch its video platform.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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3:18
LGBTQ under attack in Greece
We speak to legendary photographer 'The Teacher Dude' about a harrowing attack by a mob of up to 300 teenage boys on an LGBTQ couple in Greece's second-largest city, Thessaloniki.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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6:56
Ukraine dreams
This is an audio preview of Shadowgraph's first video series, 'Dream Trains,' which will be released online soon. We filmed this episode in Ukraine at the outbreak of the war on the country's train systems as people were fleeing or returning ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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7:26
Silencing truth
Outside a court in London, journalists stand in solidarity with their colleague Julian Assange, who is being threatened with extradition to the US for exposing the war crimes of an empire. Is this reality a dystopian Sci-fi?
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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6:40
Entering Jason's camera
We enter the soundscape of video journalist Jason Parkinson's camera as he tells us some stories along the way, touching on themes of trauma and world politics.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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15:17
Locked out from the sea
A future lockdown forces a coastal town's residents away from their beloved sea.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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9:36