In this rich conversation, Rwanda-born actress, playwright and director, Anisia Uzeyman, talks to Katarina Hedrén about art as legacy and proof of life, and about the definition and meaning of ethical collaboration.

Anisia Uzeyman, who lives between Paris and Los Angeles, studied drama at the Superior School of Theater in France. Anisia Uzeyman’s film directorial debut, Dreamstates - shot entirely on iPhones and starring Saul Williams, William Nadylam and Beau Sia - premiered at the LA Film Festival in 2016. She is the co-director and cinematographer of the sci-fi musical Neptune Frost, co-directed by Saul Williams, which premiered in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2021 and released theatrically in June 2022. As an actress Anisia starred in Alain Gomis’ award-winning film Tey, Aujourd’hui by Alain Gomis and the feature film Ayiti Mon Amour by Guetty Felin, which premiered at TIFF 2017. She has directed music videos for Sons Of An Illustrious Father ’s Opposite Of Love, Mehdi Cayenne’s Rivière and Princess Erika’s Délivrée, Saul Williams’ The Noise Came From Here and Encrypted & Vulnerable. Her first book, a poetic treatment of her original screenplay Saolomea, Saolomea, was published by Not a Cult (November 2021).

This podcast series is funded by The GIZ - The German Agency for International Cooperation and the Goethe-Institut.

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