Fratelli carbonai
(Charcoal brothers)

Documentary short

The New Yorker Documentary

Commissioned by The New Yorker magazine.

As Italy heads sharply towards the far right, a migrant from Mali manages to carve out a place for himself among a family of charcoal burners in the remote mountains of Calabria.

Director Josh Hughes & Felix Bazalgette
Producer Sorcha Bacon, Try Hard Films
Producer Daniel Lombroso
Cinematography Josh Hughes & Felix Bazalgette
Edit Josh Hughes, Felix Bazalgette & David Zucker
Executive Producer - Soo-Jeong Kang, Paul Moakley
Sound Design - Ines Adriana
Colourist - Jack McGinty, Cheat
Music - Naran Ratan, Will White

Currently on a festival run the film will go live on the New Yorker in 2024.

World Premiere AFI Festival 2023
North West Premiere Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2024
Selected American Documentary and Animation Film Festival