Aaron Kopp is a US-based cinematographer and film director who grew up
in Swaziland.Kopp shot and co-produced Saving Face (2012), the
Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in Pakistan. He and his
partner Amanda Kopp shot for The Hunting Ground (2015), about sexual
assault on American college campuses.Aaron and Amanda Kopp's 2017
movie Liyana, eight years in the making, is a mix of documentary and
animated fable. A 'story within a story', about a young girl rescuing
her twin brothers from kidnappers, emerges from a storytelling
workshop in Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha (New Life Homes) orphanage in
Kamfishane, Shiselweni Region. Liyana is executive-produced by Thandie
Newton, who heard about the project through filmmaker Sharmeen
Obaid-Chinoy.
in Swaziland.Kopp shot and co-produced Saving Face (2012), the
Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in Pakistan. He and his
partner Amanda Kopp shot for The Hunting Ground (2015), about sexual
assault on American college campuses.Aaron and Amanda Kopp's 2017
movie Liyana, eight years in the making, is a mix of documentary and
animated fable. A 'story within a story', about a young girl rescuing
her twin brothers from kidnappers, emerges from a storytelling
workshop in Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha (New Life Homes) orphanage in
Kamfishane, Shiselweni Region. Liyana is executive-produced by Thandie
Newton, who heard about the project through filmmaker Sharmeen
Obaid-Chinoy.
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