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​为纪念世界著名纪录片导演约翰葛里尔生的生活及工作,在1972年创建了葛里尔生奖。硕士纪录片毕业生Max Thurlow通过她的纪录片《AWA:津巴布韦说唱女王》入围了杰出奖，纪录片表现了津巴布韦说唱歌手准备国家最大嘻哈艺术节演出的全部过程。我们在LCC对MAX进行了采访，从而更深入的了解其电影及相关经历。

    你怎样总结这部电影？

   《AWA:津巴布韦说唱女王》讲述了崭露头角的新星AWA准备在首都哈拉雷最大嘻哈音乐节登台表演的过程。尽管她来自津巴布韦最贫穷的贫民窟，并且面对着很多私人及专业性问题，这部电影探讨了AWA是怎样通过内在积极性和魅力帮助自己获得成功的故事。

    你从哪里得到灵感来创作《AWA:津巴布韦说唱女王的》？

    我加入了一个很棒的慈善组织叫“在战争的地方”，它在津巴布韦的一个小镇Makakoba举办了第一场音乐节。我最初的计划是记录下这个音乐节，但我在第一天遇到AWA后，我立即知道我要讲述她的故事。

    你是怎么听说葛里尔生奖的？

我第一次听说葛里尔生奖是在研究生的时候－它被称为黄金标准的英国纪录片奖项。

    你认为在创作电影时，你在伦敦传媒学院硕士纪录片专业的学习经历给了你哪些帮助？

    学习硕士纪录片课程对我来说是一个非常好的经历。在课程开始之前，我只有非常有限的摄影和编辑能力，更不知道如何搭建电影的组织结构。

    通过学术和实践的混合课程学习，我认为自己在这个领域完全可以胜任。并且我非常感谢老师所作的大量工作及努力，从而使这门课程得到了成功。

    你未来的计划是什么？

    我现在是游走于纪录片和商业片的自由电影制作人，我计划继续提高自己的能力并享受这个过程。我渴望一些合作…

MA Documentary Film alumnus Max Thurlow shortlisted for illustrious Grierson Award

Commemorating the life and work of world-renowned documentary filmmaker, John Grierson, the Grierson Award was first set up in 1972. MA Documentary Film graduate Max Thurlow was recently shortlisted for the illustrious award with his documentary film, AWA: Zimbabwe’s Rap Queen, featuring the Zimbabwean rap artist preparing for her performance at the country’s biggest hip hop festival.

We caught up with Max about the film and his experience at LCC.

How would you summarise the film?

AWA: Zimbabwe’s Rap Queen tells the story of up-and-coming starlet, AWA, preparing to perform at her country’s biggest hip hop festival Shoko, in the capital Harare. Despite coming from one of the poorest ghettos in Zimbabwe and facing numerous personal and professional problems, the film explores whether AWA’s innate positivity and charisma is enough to help her succeed.

Where did you get the idea to create AWA: Zimbabwe’s Rap Queen?

I joined an amazing charity called In Place of War who were organising the first music festival in a Zimbabwean township called Makakoba. My plan was to document the festival, but on the first day of my trip I met AWA and immediately knew I wanted to tell her story.

How did you hear about the Grierson awards?

I first heard about the Grierson Awards during my MA – they were mentioned as the gold standard of awards for documentary in the UK.

How did your experience on the MA Documentary Film course at LCC help when creating the film?

The MA Documentary Film course was a great experience. Before I started I had very limited camera or editing skills, and knew even less about how to structure a film.

Through a mixture of academic and practical classes I now feel competent in these areas and am very grateful to the teachers for the huge amount of work they put in to make the course a success.

What are your plans for the future?

I’m currently freelancing as a filmmaker across documentary and commercial work and plan to keep honing my skills and enjoying the process. I’m always keen to collaborate…