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==Film career== | ==Film career== | ||
[[File:Jessie Chisi - Alliance Francaise.jpg|thumb|120px|left||Jessie Chisi at Alliance Française]] | [[File:Jessie Chisi - Alliance Francaise.jpg|thumb|120px|left||Jessie Chisi at Alliance Française]] | ||
An Alumni for Berlin and Durban Talent Campus, she has worked on various film sets including her own written and directed short fiction films “Goodbye”, “Every Woman Knows”, “Soldier”, “Buried”, "[[Between Rings]]" and “Her Nyari”. | An Alumni for Berlin and Durban Talent Campus, she has worked on various film sets including her own written and directed short fiction films ''“Goodbye”'', ''“Every Woman Knows”'', ''“Soldier”'', ''“Buried”'', ''"[[Between Rings]]"'' and ''“Her Nyari”''. | ||
''[[Between Rings]]'' is her first feature length film co-directed with Salla Sorri. The film tells the story of Zambian professional boxing champion [[Esther Phiri]] and narrates Phiri’s battle to overcome poverty and make a few sacrifices along her path to became one of Zambia’s most talked about female athletes. | ''[[Between Rings]]'' is her first feature length film co-directed with Salla Sorri. The film tells the story of Zambian professional boxing champion [[Esther Phiri]] and narrates Phiri’s battle to overcome poverty and make a few sacrifices along her path to became one of Zambia’s most talked about female athletes. | ||
In 2014 Chisi collaborated with Coren Jonathan Allen on a project to develop a short film in America based on Coren's book "What if it Just Started Raining?" The film accompanied the global launch of the campaign which was anticipated to take place in December 2015 in [[Lusaka]].<ref>[http://www.whatifitjuststartedraining.com/the-movie WHAT IF IT JUST STARTED RAINING? official website]</ref> | In 2014 Chisi collaborated with Coren Jonathan Allen on a project to develop a short film in America based on Coren's book "What if it Just Started Raining?" The film accompanied the global launch of the campaign which was anticipated to take place in December 2015 in [[Lusaka]].<ref>[http://www.whatifitjuststartedraining.com/the-movie WHAT IF IT JUST STARTED RAINING? official website]</ref> | ||
She has also worked on Karl Francis’ ''Hope Eternal'' as continuity supervisor, [[Cathrine Kaseketi]]’s ''Suwi'' and ''Zambian Kitchen Party''. | |||
==Activism== | ==Activism== | ||
