winner of the news features award, roopa gogineni's unique film takes a very different approach to tellingof the news features award, roopa gogineni's unique film takes a very different approach to telling the story of war and human suffering. rather than using footage of violence and bloodshed, roopa used humour to sell this important story. she met the team behind bisha tv, a satirical puppet show. the writers, a mix ofjournalists and members of a drama group use comedy to expose and mock the authoritarian rule of the sudanese president omar al—bashir and his government. i am always drawn to humour, i think it is a really good way to create empathy, especially in places where you are used to seeing a lot of imagery of violence and war, and it can be really hard to relate to people in places like that. so i wanted to use the comedy that the bisha show was so good at creating to draw audiences who were not familiar with the conflict into this place. roopa filmed the puppet show under the threat of daily aerial bombardments, but this did not deter her. i was taking cues from people around m