Films
documentary films
One of my passions is films. I am a partial owner and board member of Greenlit Productions, a film company in Finland. Currently, I am working on my fourth documentary feature, which will be filmed in both Finland and Italy. My recent films include "Boys of Bensonhurst Brooklyn" (2014), a story about my family, "War/Peace" (2017), which focuses on activism in the past, and "Power of the People" (2022), which showcases activism in the present day. While my first two films had a theatrical release, the third film has been screened at numerous festivals.
Power of the People
(Greenlit Productions, 2022)
The Documentary follows Finnish Laura Eklund Nhaga’s journey as she tells her thoughts about living as a racialized person in Finland. It shows her travels to the USA to meet Heather Booth, from Midwest Academy, to learn about organising and how to bring those teachings into action.
Power of the People is a documentary film about personal impact, finding your own voice and learning how to effectively work for change.
War/Peace
(Greenlit Production, 2017)
War/Peace documentary film is re-introducing the radical student activists from the late 60s. Ex-leaders of The Weather Underground movement Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. For decades the government and press have tried their best to silence them.
Appearing in the film: Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Cathy Wilkerson, Noam Chomsky, Bryan Burrough ja Jeremy Varon.
Boys of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
(Moshfish, 2014)
The Boys of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is a story of fathers and sons in three generations, their life choices and the consequences that follow. Grandfather, an ex-mobster, father, an ex-gangsta wannabe - now a turban wearing Sikh, and a hot tempered boy who lives across the ocean with his mom. After noticing her son's lack on interest towards his father, mother and son travel to New York to face the situation. After blaming her ex-husband for years she finally discovers the hidden reason why he is incapable of being present in their son's everyday life.