It demands clarity and respectfulness. We have from the start been very clear with what we want and not been afraid of talking about the violence. I have gone to great length to stay responsive to the participants ways of communication, for example if they don’t want to be filmed at a certain time. Sometimes children, and grown-ups for that matter, don’t tell you what they want or do not want – I know this. I agreed with Felicia that she would take of her microphone and place it where I could see it and then I knew it was time to stop filming. I believe that children that have a hard time in life, children’s stories that involve difficult things, are stories many find important but later don’t want to see cause one believe that it will hurt the children. It is harmful for children to be made invisible and I believe that children should be as free as an adult to make the decision of whether they want to participate in a film. I believe that there is a relief in sharing difficult things and in our case we have found it to be a good experience. (Åsa)

An important and difficult question. There are no given answers. I myself have publicised several projects where I have let exposed young adults raise their voices and talk of difficult things such as FMG and honour culture. I have seen how this, as Åsa so greatly put it, can strengthen children and vulnerable people – having the opportunity to tell their story. How you carry this out is of course of great importance. Our way in working often gets lumped together with general publications, which tells of a pretty superficial analysis. Our work is very different from for example news media, not only when talking about the time and resources that goes into each project. Through this work we’ve had incredibly good support from professionals. We have had the opportunity to raise concerns and discuss the project with intelligent and experienced professionals from Ersta Diakoni, The Gålö Foundation, The Erica Foundation, Save the Children Sweden, The Swedish Psychological Association, Sofia Congregation and Victim Support Sweden. Åsa and I have also kept a dialogue with the family throughout the process. (Oscar)