On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. But when their initial reportage died, another story began. A story about lawlessness, propaganda and global politics. After a Kafkaesque trial they were sentenced to eleven years in prison for terrorism. And they were far from alone. Their cellmates were journalists, writers and politicians persecuted for not bowing down to dictatorship. Their reportage about oil was transformed into a story about ink, and their daily lives turned into a fight for survival inside the notorious Kality prison in Addis Ababa.
Directing | Jesper Ganslandt | Director |
Sound | Charl Mostert | ADR Recordist |
Sound | Andreas Franck | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Production | Karl Fredrik Ulfung | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Gambe | Makeup Designer |
Editing | Melker Rydholm | Assistant Editor |
Production | Sandra Harms | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Clinton Booyse | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Michaela Young | Key Makeup Artist |
Sound | Andreas Mellkvist | Dialogue Editor |
Art | Fred Du Preez | Production Design |
Production | Marlow De Mardt | Producer |
Sound | Greg Albert | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Fredrik Dalenfjäll | Sound Designer |
Production | Lathiem Groenmeyer | Production Manager |
Production | Peter Bose | Executive Producer |
Production | Tobias Åström | Line Producer |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Art Direction |
Writing | Peter Birro | Writer |
Writing | Martin Schibbye | Book |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Set Decoration |
Sound | Lucas Nilsson | Foley Supervisor |
Production | Sara Törnkvist | Casting |
Editing | Nikolai Waldman | Colorist |
Production | Brigid Olen | Producer |
Production | Anna Walton | Line Producer |
Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |
Production | Bonnie Lee Bouman | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Plaxedes Kelias | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Sound | Innes Botha | Boom Operator |
Writing | Johan Persson | Book |
Art | Daniéla Frykstrand | Set Decoration |
Production | Jonas Allen | Executive Producer |
Production | Mito Skellern | Casting |
Editing | Hanna Lejonqvist | Editor |