This essay is a commissioned interview with Andrea Luka Zimmerman about her film Prisoner of War (2016).
Zimmerman has made films in the USA and Indonesia exploring the impact of globalisation and marginalised histories. Her essay-film Prisoner of War (2016) explores US militarism and foreign policy through a character study of Bo Gritz, the most decorated Green Beret of the Vietnam War and a former Special Forces Commander in Latin America.
This essay was commissioned by 'How to work together' to accompany the event 'Sharna Pax: How to work together' at Chisenhale Gallery, London, 1st December 2015. The event included screenings and discussion on films by Eva Marie Rødbro, Andrea Luka Zimmerman (Prisoner of War (excerpt), 2016, 10 mins.), Seamus Harahan and Chan Hau Chun. This was part of Sharna Pax's ongoing research for How To Work Together's 'Think Tank', which involves conversations with artists and filmmakers who work with collaboration and particular anthropological sensibilities.
How to Work Together is a three-year (2013-2016) shared programme of contemporary art commissioning and research devised by Chisenhale Gallery, The Showroom and Studio Voltaire
