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Join us for an evening where filmmaker and anthropologist Adam Paaske talks to Anglo-British novelist Liz Jensen about her memoir ‘Your Wild and Precious Life’, the story of how a mother rebuilt herself, reoriented her life and rediscovered the enchantment of the living world.
Liz Jensen’s son, a zoologist, conservationist and ecological activist, was twenty-five when he collapsed and died unexpectedly. She fell apart. As she grieved, forest fires raged, coral reefs deteriorated, CO2 emissions rose and fossil fuels burned. Adam Paaske will among other things talk to Liz Jensen about what her son Raphaël fought for as a political activist, how Liz Jensen experienced Raphaël’s untimely death and the surrounding world’s different ways of reacting, and why she believes that grief and environmental activism are connected.
About the Speakers
Liz Jensen’s critically-acclaimed fiction spans black comedy, science fiction, satire, family drama, historical fantasy and psychological suspense. Her work has been translated into 20 languages, nominated three times for the Womens Prize for Fiction, and adapted for radio and film. Her latest book, ‘Your Wild and Precious Life: on grief, hope and rebellion’, is a memoir exploring the life-affirming lessons that loss can offer. Liz Jensen is a founder of the ecological campaign group Writers Rebel and the creator of the Rebel Library.
Adam Paaske is a filmmaker, anthropologist & external curator at The Danish Cinematheque. He graduated from the Danish youth film school Station Next in 2014, and from The European Film College in 2016, and since 2018 he has studied anthropology at The University of Copenhagen. He has participated in talent programs including “Talent Lab” at Reykjavík International Film Festival and “Talent camp” at Odense International Film Festival in 2019. Today, he works as a student helper at the leading Danish daily broadsheet newspaper Politiken on its Film & TV section, as an external curator and introductory speaker at the Danish Cinematheque, and as an occasional film critic.