Brave New Realities

Julia Leebist's latest work, the 360-degree documentary "Brave New Realities", shows people in Sudan, Uganda, Chile and Germany. The film sheds light on the critical question: What happens when the cards of the world order are reshuffled?

"I want to visualise the lives of societies that are cut off and forgotten by our own society," says Julia Leebist in the Interview. The Munich-based filmmaker and journalist captures the lives of people in exceptional situations - in 360° for several years now. In her current project "Brave New Realities", which is probably based on the title of the book "Brave New World", the locations are in different parts of the world.

For example, in a region of the Congo characterised by violence and civil war. Accessible only after a forced march through the jungle. There is neither internet nor electricity, but terror. Leebist walks through the jungle for three days for the shoot and captures a rebel village in the hinterland with her 360-degree camera. She hopes this will lead to a change of perspective: "Viewers can look at the subject with different eyes, especially if they experience the film using a virtual reality headset and look around the scene. For a short time, they become part of another world that would otherwise remain closed to them. In this way, I can make complex situations comprehensible. An abstract narrative becomes personal and tangible."

A brief insight into her work can be found in the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyajSBFQUGQ&feature=youtu.be

Source: mediennetzwerk-bayernb / Youtube / Photo: Julia Leeb