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“Personally, I don't like watching films about victims - people where you're meant to think, 'Oh, this is terrible,' and you go home feeling really depressed.”

Quote by Kim Longinotto

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Kim Longinotto is an Italian filmmaker known for her profound focus on women and marginalized groups. Her works often focus on the stories of women from various cultural backgrounds around the world, highlighting issues of gender inequality and women's empowerment. more

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“It makes it very easy. I have a beginning, middle, and end, and I don't film for long - about 20 hours usually for a two-hour film - so it's easily watchable in a week for me and the editor. Once I know who the characters are, I only film those characters, unless somebody else forces their way into the film by a scene happening to them or we meet them by chance.”

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“Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.”

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