In a time of unprecedented crisis and when the world is more divided than ever, there’s one thing that unites us: the pervasive insecurity that infiltrates every aspect of our lives. It is this shared insecurity that we can and must rally around, in order to find solidarity and make progress.
Take us shopping with you.
Take us into your community — show us what makes you feel unsafe.
Introduce us to your kids — what makes them afraid?
Show us how you get water.
Show us how you get shelter.
Show us how a changing climate has changed your world.
These videos or notes don’t have to be long.
And they don’t have to be rehearsed.
We’re asking for authentic snippets of your life, unadorned, real, from the heart.
We’d love to be able to include these testimonies in our project, and we’ll assume that, if you’ve sent us something, you’re giving us permission to do so. By sharing our stories, we learn that we share our fears. And if we share our fears, then we can share solutions.
– Diana and Richard
The Age of Insecurity is a major new global multimedia project Daily Maverick is producing together with Banger Films (Toronto), Naked Edge Productions (NYC), in collaboration with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and House of Anansi Press.
It is based on the work of public intellectual Astra Taylor, who contends that, despite how divided we may feel, we all have something in common. There is one thing that unites people across class, gender, racial and religious boundaries:
A pervasive, unrelenting sense of insecurity.
Daily Maverick’s investigative journalists and award-winning filmmakers Richard Poplak and Diana Neille are following Taylor at the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history; during a fire season that has charred huge swathes of Canada, Europe and Hawaii; during rains that have swept away chunks of Greece, Libya, KwaZulu Natal and California; during the bloodiest war in Europe since 1945; and during an unprecedented season of labour disputes and technological advances that have either shut down entire industries, or are threatening to replace us with an app.
Taylor reminds us that while there are real problems — massive ones — more importantly, there are SOLUTIONS. We have agency. There is power in the collective. And together, we can start fixing things.
The Age of Insecurity will show us how.
The Age of Insecurity is a major new global multimedia project Daily Maverick is producing together with Banger Films (Toronto), Naked Edge Productions (NYC), in collaboration with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and House of Anansi Press.
It is based on the work of public intellectual Astra Taylor, who contends that, despite how divided we may feel, we all have something in common. There is one thing that unites people across class, gender, racial and religious boundaries:
A pervasive, unrelenting sense of insecurity.
Daily Maverick’s investigative journalists and award-winning filmmakers Richard Poplak and Diana Neille are following Taylor at the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history; during a fire season that has charred huge swathes of Canada, Europe and Hawaii; during rains that have swept away chunks of Greece, Libya, KwaZulu Natal and California; during the bloodiest war in Europe since 1945; and during an unprecedented season of labour disputes and technological advances that have either shut down entire industries, or are threatening to replace us with an app.
Taylor reminds us that while there are real problems — massive ones — more importantly, there are SOLUTIONS. We have agency. There is power in the collective. And together, we can start fixing things.
The Age of Insecurity will show us how.
Diana Neille & Richard Poplak are South African investigative journalists & filmmakers based in Montreal, Canada. Following their award-winning, Critics’ Choice-nominated 2020 Sundance hit INFLUENCE—a deep-dive into the global disinformation complex — they established a Canadian production company called Beatnik, owned by Daily Maverick, to produce high-end films, series, podcasts and books for global audiences.With corporate and government corruption and politics as their beats, the two have reported from over 30 developing countries for news outlets across the world, including the Financial Times, the Guardian, Atlantic Monthly, the Globe and Mail, the Walrus and many others. Poplak’s latest book, investigating Canadian mining, will be published in 2024.They are currently developing a diverse slate of projects and writing, directing and producing a documentary series with producer Daniel Chalfen and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Alex Gibney of Jigsaw Productions.
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