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 |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Set Decoration |
Editing | Nikolai Waldman | Colorist |
Writing | Johan Persson | Book |
Production | Peter Bose | Executive Producer |
Sound | Greg Albert | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Fredrik Dalenfjäll | Sound Designer |
Production | Marlow De Mardt | Producer |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Michaela Young | Key Makeup Artist |
Sound | Innes Botha | Boom Operator |
Art | Fred Du Preez | Production Design |
Sound | Andreas Mellkvist | Dialogue Editor |
Writing | Martin Schibbye | Book |
Costume & Make-Up | Clinton Booyse | Costume Design |
Production | Brigid Olen | Producer |
Production | Karl Fredrik Ulfung | Producer |
Production | Anna Walton | Line Producer |
Sound | Andreas Franck | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Lucas Nilsson | Foley Supervisor |
Sound | Charl Mostert | ADR Recordist |
Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Gambe | Makeup Designer |
Writing | Peter Birro | Writer |
Production | Bonnie Lee Bouman | Casting |
Production | Tobias Åström | Line Producer |
Editing | Melker Rydholm | Assistant Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Plaxedes Kelias | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Production | Jonas Allen | Executive Producer |
Production | Sara Törnkvist | Casting |
Production | Lathiem Groenmeyer | Production Manager |
Production | Sandra Harms | Producer |
Production | Mito Skellern | Casting |
Art | Daniéla Frykstrand | Set Decoration |
Editing | Hanna Lejonqvist | Editor |